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A SELECTIVE MICROFILM EDITION
PARTV
(1911-1919)
Thomas E. Jeffrey
Senior Editor
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Editors
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organizations and individuals, as well as for the indispensable aid of archivists, librarians,
scholars, and collectors, the editors are most grateful.
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LETTERBOOK SERIES
General Letterbook Series
The thirty-three volumes in this set contain tissue copies of Edison’s
correspondence for the period March 1911-June 1918. The last book also
contains a few letters from August 1918, January-March 1919, and
September 1919. There are no extant letterbooks for the period after
September 1 91 9. Most of the letters in the first five books are by Edison and
his secretary, Harry F. Miller. The correspondence in the remaining books is
primarily by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft, writing as assistant to Mr.
Edison."
Many of the items in the earliest books relate to the commercial and
technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery and . ' ® ^
automobiles, trucks, locomotives, safety lamps for miners and country _house
lighting. Several letters pertain to Edison's organization of the battery
business in Europe, including the appointment of John F. Monnot as his
representative.
There are also numerous letters relating to Edison's phonograph and
motion picture businesses. Included are items regarding the introduction of
the Diamond Disc phonograph and the Blue Amberol cylinder record in 912
and the selection of suitable music and recording artists--a Process in wh ch
Edison was closely involved. Other letters deal with the development of the
Home Projecting Kinetoscope and educational films-a project for which
William W. Dinwiddie was hired in December 1 911"andthe !"Lr°dU2o" °fg1 5
Kinetophone (motion pictures with sound) in 1918. The
contain frequent references to the fire of December 1 914 that destroyed the
Edison Phonograph Works.
After the outbreak of World War I in Europe in August 1914, .the j letters
discuss the effects of the war upon the American chemical industry, the
disruption of markets for the carbolic acid (phenol) fhrt Edwon used in th
manufacture of phonograph records, and his experiments
synthetic phenol as a substitute for imported carbolic acid.
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Jersey; and the sale of his surplus stocks of benzol, toluol, and other chemical
oroducts. The letters from 1915-1918 contain many references to Edison s
role as the head of the Naval Consulting Board; his increasing preoccupation
with war-related research for the U.S. Government including submarine
research conducted at Sandy Hook, New Jersey; and his extended absence
from the laboratory during the period August 1917-May 1918.
A few items deal with Edison's ore milling technologies and the royalties
earned by the Edison Crushing Roll Co. Additional correspondence with
businessman Henry B. Clifford concerns his proposed application of Edison s
ore milling technologies to sites in Colorado. There are occasional lette irs
discussing the cement business and Edison s continuing interest in poured
concrete houses.
Among the many letters relating to Edison's personal and family affairs
are items regarding his health, diet, and sleeping habits; the activities o his
children and other family members; his membership in clubs and societies,
his book and journal orders; his charitable donations; improvements at
Glenmont, his home in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey; and the upkeep of his
winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. Also included are letters pertaining to his
friendship with Henry Ford, John Burroughs, and Harvey Firestone and his
vacations and camping trips with them. In addition, there are numerous etters
in which Edison expresses his opinions and prejudices about a variety of
social, religious, political, and economic issues. Included are letters
discussing Edison's widely reported ideas about the del®Jer'°^ib®.^tsh°f
cigarette smoking, his support for womens suffrage and prohibition h
attitude toward Jewish bankers and industrialists, his position during he
presidential campaigns of 1912 and 1916, and his opinions about the
European war.
Approximately 15 percent of the documents, including all substantive
letters pertaining to Edison’s business operations and personal affairs, have
been selected. The following categories of documents have not been
selected: routine letters of transmittal and acknowledgment; non-substantive
correspondence concerning the ordering and shipment of materials, etters
about routine financial transactions; routine or repetitive responses to letters
from individuals seeking employment, requesting advice, and offering advice,
and responses to other unsolicited correspondence.
The books are numbered from 25 through 54; LB-099, LB-1 17, and LB-
118 lack numbers. Although every technical effort has been made to ensure
the legibility of the documents reproduced in this edition, some letters may be
partially unreadable because of spreading or smearing ink or light imprints.
In addition, there are occasional pages that are wrinkled or torn.
Unbound tissue copies of outgoing correspondence and interoffice
memoranda can be found in the Edison General File Series and in the
company record groups.
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-086 (1911)
This letterbook covers the period March-June 1911. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some letters
by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate
to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage
battery and its use in locomotives, electric vehicles, and lamps for coal
miners. Included is correspondence with business associates, such as Ralph
H. Beach, Sigmund Bergmann, Henry M. Byllesby, Heinrich H. M.
Kammerhoff, and representatives of the Baldwin Locomotive Works and the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Co., as well as J.P. Morgan & Co.
Some of the letters concern Edison's disappointment with the development
of the storage battery business in Germany. There are also documents
pertaining to Edison’s procurement of chemicals and minerals for
experimental and production purposes, including purchases of electrolyte
potash from Germany. Additional correspondence with Henry B. Clifford
concerns his proposed application of Edison's ore milling technologies and
the inventor's cooperation with the proposal. Among the selected items is a
representative sample of replies to letters seeking information or Edison's
advice and opinion on a variety of matters, including the commercial and
technical development of his phonograph business and cement house.
Included is a letter from Edison concerning the relationship between bankers
and inventors, which he sent to engineer Robert Lozier of the Kountze
Brothers' investment house. Among the letters pertaining to family and
personal matters are items concerning Edison’s homes in West Orange, New
Jersey and Fort Myers, Florida; his attitudes on religion, immortality, and
agnosticism; his prescriptions for good health and longevity; his collections of
books and periodicals; and his charitable donations, including a contribution
to the Young Men’s Christian Association in Port Huron, Michigan.
The front cover is marked "TAE Letterbook From March-6-1 91 1 to June
28-1 91 1 ." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"25." The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index. Approximately
20 percent of the book has been selected.
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March 6th 11.
E. S. Freeman, Esq.,
V. 0. Box No. 236,
Lancaster, N. H.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 2nd instant regarding
the auto endurance test through New England
received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you
that two of our electrics went through New England
hut did not pass your way.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
March 4th 1911 .
Dr. J. Struthers , Secretary,
The Engineers' Club,
32 West 40th Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir;-
placed
Club, c
Chas . i
Will you kindly see that my name is
ti the Application Book of the Engineers'
endorser to the application of Mr.
Bradley, for membership in the Clu£..
Yours^wrytruly ,
jjarcb 4th 19X3 «
Cfcas. R. Kimberly, EBq. ,
Superintendent Tiverton School,
Walhonding, Ohio.
My dear Sir
I am in receipt of your favor
ot a. 1st instant relative to W
t„tsrvl.. tending » «“ -M"‘ “f
It gives me pleasure indeed, in W perusal of
a. various communication. to not. otter people.
,1... on the above mentioned subject.
Kindly accept my thanhe for .
you re very tr^W
/ r
the letter.
2i
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Mar. 8th 11.
Mrs . Martha H. Kirk,
Poet Office Box 544,
South Norfolk, Va.
Bear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 3rd
instant regarding the magno electric vitalizers
which you sent to he recharged, heg to state
that we know nothing whatever about them and have
no way of charging them. I enclOBe herewith
the Two ($2.00) and am returning the vitalizers
by separate mail.
YourB very truly,
Secretary.
it i fli
Mr. J. E. Fries,
Crocker-Wheeler Co.,
Ampere, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
Itr. Edison direotB me to write and thank
you for the hook entitled "Death and Resurrection"
by Bjflrklund, translated by you. He had
already purchased a copy from a Chicago concern,
he thinks the latter are the publishers of a paper
called the "Monist".
Yours Tery truly,
Secretary.
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Mar. 11th 11.
Mr„ Arthur J . Rhoadee ,
cars Pennsylvania Salt Mfg. Co.,
Greenwich point,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Pear Sir:'-
Your letter of the 9th instant received.
Hr. Edison directB me to write you that he shall
probably use about 100 pounds daily of cobalt oxide
or hydroxide within a few months, if his present
experiments wort out.
The market for cobalt oxide is quite
limited, new uses should be found before the
industry will amount to anything.
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
38
March 16 th. 11 •
American Breeders' Association,
Eugenics Record Office -Euge nice Section,
Mr. H. H. loughlin, Superintendent,
Cold Spring Harbor , Long Island. H. Y>
Dear Sir.-
Bep lying to yours of the 1st instant
beg to state that the records mentioned in your
letter have not reached us as yet. Kindly send
a tracer after them and oblige.
yours
ry truly ,
40
March 16th 11 .
Frank Evans, Esq.,
Fourth Avenue,
Kingsland , Auckland ,
llew Zealand.
Fear Sir:-
Youre of the 30th of January received,
in reply Mr. Edison directs me to say to you the
there is no trouble in concentrating the black
sands in Hew Zealand by magnetic apparatus and
briquette the ore by furnaces. But there is no
market for the ere that Mr. Edison has heard of,
Yours very truly,
Secretary' .
41
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Robert Grau, Esq.,
53 Elm Avenue,
Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
Rear Sir:-
A.b requested in yours of t" HI
instant I beg to enclose herewith the contj
Blip Y/iiich Mr. EdiBon has signed.
Yours very truly,
Secretary
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March 22nd 11
Arthur L. Ill, Esq.,
c/o Win, Campbell Wall Paper Co.,
Hackensack, New Jersey.
hear Sir:-
Youre of the 19th instant requesting
information regarding the cement house received.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that no
companies have, as yet, been formed for exploiting
the scheme, and will not until the first house has
been successfully cast; probably some time this
year. I enclose herewith a booklet which contains
al the information available at this time.
Yours very truly,
Secretary
94
March. 22nd 11.
Mrs. Kellie Dixon,
Camillus, Hew York,
hear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 18th
instant beg to state that we only use songs that have
proven successful. I am returning your words as
we have no use for the same.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
torch 22nd 11.
A
V. L. Spoon, Esq, ,
Burlington, H. C.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 17th instant regarding
tto newspaper article on the Acouetiphone received.
Hr. Edison *trects me to write you that what you
8aw was a newspaper *«.ve; he has not invented
such an instrument.
Youra very truly,
Secretary.
March 22nd 11,
Geo. W. Robertson, Esq.,
Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
Dear Sir
Replying to your letter of the 17th
instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the
system you Bpeak of would he a success. You
could have an extra battery and work the pump motor
from it.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
March 22nd 11 •
jlpenr Sir:-
Your letter of the 16th inetant regarding
an Idea of yours for a loud talking telephone received.
Mr, Edison directs me to write you that the telephone
like cut enclosed has been constructed many years ago.
There was no particular advantage or increased
loudness.
Regarding a position, beg to state that we
have no vacancy which we can offer you.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
V. S. I return herewith your drawing.
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Mar.
22nd 11.
B. von Helve rt ,
Markt 90,
Rooeendaal, Holland.
Bear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 4th
in.t.nt Wl»» y°“ „
d. d... ».t .did* yo« .oh... 1. ,r.otlo>W. .»
.ould increase td. “° *“°1‘ “d ”«ulr”
to. mod exertion on tie put of td. driver.
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
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March 23rd 11.
Prudential Insurance Co.t
Edmund K. Hopper, Esq. ,
Hewark, Hew Jersey.
Hear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 3rd of
. +B tvat the following children
October 1910, heg to state that the
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Edison’s life-.--
Marion E» Oeser,
Thomas A, Edison, Jr.,
William L. Edison,
Madeleine Edison,
Charles Edison,
Theodore M. Edison.
If you Will kindly forward the necessary
„ rm I will have it signed by Mr. Edison,
amendment form I will
yours very truly ,
Secretary .
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B. E. Beach, Eeq. ,
50 Church. Street,
Hew York City,
Dear Sir:-
Bnclosed herewith find letter from
Mr. W. R. Lyle , Bipon, Via. regarding the Beach
car, which kindly give the attention you deem
necessary.
yours wary truly ,
Secretary.
116
E. H. Johnson, Esq.,
care Union League Club,
Hew York City.
My dear Johnson:-
Replying to yours of the 22nd
instant would say that the nickel sheet is not
what you require. W not come over to the
Laboratory and explain to me what is desired?
In all human probability I can put you on the track,
and if you bring a young experimenter over-in two
weeks you would have what you want.
Yours very truly,
March 24th 11-
Charlton H. Smith, Esq.,
Box 237, R. J1. D. No. 1,
Seattle, Washington.
Bear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 9th
instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
the insects without a doubt would he killed,
hut it can only he ascertained experimentally if it
would or would not injure the tree.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
March 24th
&unuel Insull , Esq.,
139 Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill.
My dear Sammy : -
Yours of the 20th instant at hand.
Young Thompson was a mucker at the laboratory many
years ago. He was with Kennelly. He was bright,
but always appeared to me aB "too Bmart". I have
not known of his doings since he left.
He is a nephew I believe , of Joe
Clarke, whom I think you will remember as being
associated with Albert Pulitzer in starting the
New York Journal , and who iB now publicity manager,
for the Standard Oil Company.
(Mj impression only) is that you
should investigate lhompson pretty thoroughly.
With kina regards, believejme-i"
S inc^eay'youigs.
124
Perhaps you had bettor have Kline come over
and so-- v;hat we aro doing in the battery. So- day we are
12,000 veils behind o -dore., notwithstanding we make 365 cells
■nr,-., d^jr, 3,, April 15th we will tern out 500 cells per day,
°r.d I am making machine rY to run it up to 2,000 colls. ThiB
is no romance; Kline can verify. We are replacing lead bat¬
teries at $800.00 when the same people can buy the load at
§21.0.00 and these people have used both lead and Bdison.
Shore is no use giving you the reasons why they do so; it
would take too long. Perhaps I could sum it up in the remark
mfi-'.: by tne Superintendent of Hearn 2= Co. that "A few hundred
dollars more or less price between two types of battery was ox
no consequence to them if they got reliability and mileage,
which they did vrfth the Edison battery, and he believed that
the Edison battery was much cheaper in the end then a lead
batters’’ any way."
itov 7 Bergmaun, 1 think I had better not naviso you
what to do in connection with the German battery situation,
because I do not know all the conditions.
I have not changed my mind in the slightest partiou-
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3. Borgraann- 3.
lor as to tho future of tlio battery— its use will be enormous.
1 havo sent you colls and tubos, lithia, etc., to
help you out, but Kline will learn that we had to ao it by
■n. thl. elding shipments to others.
J, ;v..r,-. hit d figures gotten out so as to make you a
r : .-j' and nickel tubes, which is the most dif-
r , •. ' business.
• -ot chare -.--r r'read expense?. 1 could ship
...j.-.-.y. -j-.-c". in quantity, -’t «vv 'k.V; owing prices:
cubes cample U, M typo, ■ thousand,
I --or Sockets o omr.tr b»> . ' i • 1 . per thousand,
•jfhese prices induce royalty. 'actory Orange,
packing exvra.
At these prices I only charge repairs on tods,
depreciation on tools and interest, labor and material, to
which I add 12# profit— no general expense- In tiro ■ -
probably be able to materially reduce, as v/c are eoiu- -li
experimenting to reduce costs,
Kalcing these tubes here vri.ll require a very considex-
•rblo investment of money on my part, should your orders reach
If you buy tubes and pockets, the work in the German
•• ...(..j ; ^ be a mere nothing-
i hav-- talked to Eogers and he says wo could not use
the tools or machines you have, as our machines have been so
constantly improved, as well as methods and dies, that -they
would not .work in cur system.
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3* Bergniann- 5.
As to shipping oanploted
poo hats, v.'a would tsupply a limited
ns our o opacity is "brought to 1000
cells instead of tubes end
number until such times
cells daily, which will
about August-
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March 25th XX.
Prof. Vincenzo Grimaldo,
Costa Vittorio Emanuele 166,
Bari, Italy.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 21st
ultimo Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is
so over -worried that he cannot spare the time to
prepare a paper.
Youre very truly.
Secretary.
5-.0
March. 25 th 11.
S. B. Way, Esq.,
Union Electric Light & Power Co.,
Twelfth and Locust Streets?
St. Louis, Missouri.
Lear Sir;-
Bep lying to your letter of the 16th
instant would say that the photo was received
but was torn in two pieces, while in transit.
If you would oar. to send another I am sure Sir. Edison
would be glad to get it.
Yours very truly,
Secretary .
134
March. 25 th 11.
Geurge V/. CurtiSB, Esq., Pres.,
piiee Savings and Trust Company,
Peoria, Illinois.
Ify dear Sir;-
Replying to your letter of the 20th
instant regarding the erecting of the monument to
,,_e memory of Mr. Robert G. Ingersoll would say
that X not capable of making a public speech;
hut I should like to add my mite towards the
Btatue . iX acceptable .
tlon 1
great
Some day when the veil of supersti-
Le lifted, Ingersoll will stand out as a
personality. .. -
Yours very_ truly ,
March 28th XX*
Hew York Association of the Blind,
Mr. Walter 1. Hervey,
118 Bast 59th Street,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to JO" I«tt0r °f tht 24tb
instant Kr. Mi»» 01”=“ " “ y°“
that to ...» not «*” « “ tl*“4 “ *
00„ltt.. in *lo» »o «n toto »»
YourB very truly,
Secretary.
148
March 29 th U*
Messrs. Brentano's,
5th Ave. & 27th St.,
New York City .
Gentlemen : -
Will you kindly Bend the following
hooks to the Laboratory
The Christ Myth by Drews,
of ».»->><*• W =>•"■“ CO" K“ T '
Food Adulteration by Wiley.
s.„a «. « “■ M"*tory ““
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
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Wiitr.ey Blake JoneB, Esq.,
78 Sherman Street,
Canton, Ohio.
March 29th XI.
Dear Sir
your letter of the 27th instant
rejecting a position at the Laboratory as
cbemlBt r.o.iv.d, ». «...
to toow what salary yo» "ould *• ’llU”® t0
work for.
Yours rery truly,
Secretary.
March 29th 11.
/
•Funk and Wagnalle Co.,
44 East 23rd Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen: -
Yours of the 25th instant regarding
the expressing in one word a telephonic message
received.
People generally say, " received a
phone message" or, " he phoned I sh°^d
think “phonogram" would he the proper word.
They will shorten it to phone.
Yours very--trr'i:tiy*i
ky ec-r w-reviith four tracings of ass
T am sending yon a steel hox for g
blJ rf »iSHt "B-l" 0.11. f« » *° S°
sighting «na firing. assembled sid
in Sheet 1. 1 th. ho*. *h« ™
by r S^r-r^^fhfr «. relish-
LctioIlpS 7 Som talcing the end thrust o. ^ tr-.. ^ _
8 S£^eSeiasS^^l^^n^bf 1:
that reason v/e show in o 0iae 0f the box in^fth°ua^ or the
the connection-plug^ £ thls OBBe take the s
Of? oOTi>ioot:lon-pl'iOE* T ooriB,ae, to M «M
< ponVly o' Pl"e' “,M “ *** “
S”S 0 U — «- ““’W ’iW-
«... -- - ms/se.??* .*« «£ .ts-jets
inf-iudinf- it- 1 'vo, r- yiv arrangemen «b 07 „°t+.4f,ic,ri, hefor
S&? « SrSrS&B'Jrepar/d for your -,ticism
ISWS K up an outfit. ln EoWnt «,
Kindly p«a®pthi|flehOf t,aCRSht to the «t*«
-hat v/e have devoted £- l*°0>
I have no pri^® of tll0°0’
„.+v VOur recommendation.
draPings 7 YorJ.s vary truly.
:indly return •
T.TRH/JVU
167
•IX 1st 11 ■
American
Boo k and Bible House,
146 north Tenth Street,
Philadelphia Penna.
Bear Sirs:-
ViJU you fcinaiy enter
vnur list tor one years
Mr. Edison's
subscription
name
gASTHO-EHTEHOLOGY beginning i
issue. Send the bill to the
rith your next
laboratory and
oblige ,
Youre very truly ,
Secretary.
174
175
April 1st 11.
E. W. Podge , Esq. ,
Buskin, Tenn.
Pear Sir:-
Your favor of the 27th ultimo received.
You are correct in your theory'. There is
absolutely no reason why a man should ever aie.
Could the arteries he kept free of scale and our
bacterial environment fought and proper fuel taken
in f life should go on for centuries. All this
•riU come in time and through high science.
Yours very truly ,
186
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April 5th. 11.
H. F.ohinson, Esq.,
41 West 33rd St.,
Hew York City.
l!y dear Sir:-
Your letter* of the 24th ultimo and
4th instant came duly to hand.
Ur. Edison directs me to Bay to
tt.t your book .inyuto" »*
Inventions" i«« »“» “o'®11* *° ll1*
attention. H. — you ,.ry UnUy for a.
mi auyo «• »u“r« “
«*- Yours v ery truly ,
Secretary-
/
206
April 8th 11.
ffeo .. V., Curtiss, Esq., ? res „ ,
Iilme Savings & Trust Co.,
Peoria, Illinois.
I am in receipt of your favor of
the 4th instant and cannot possibly do what
you request in regard to the address.
However, I enclose herewith my
chock for $100.00 tov/ard the Btatue to be presented
to the city of Peoria, by the Ingersoll KcnumerjJ
Association.
yours v<M.-y truly,
208
April 8tli 11.
The Philadelphia & Heading Coal & Iron Co.,
j. T. -Jennings , Esq., Electrical Engineer,
Electrical Department, Pottsvill®. Henna,
year Sir:-
iours of the 30th ultimo addressed
to the Edison Storage Battery Co. has been
me for my attention.
t „ now constructing at the Laboratory
WW. -*» »— "f “**•
-or tii« purpos. of in “‘“l P'“
.hat 10 ««W »**•*• ? Mlleve 1 C“
what 1. a..troa.v--.6.a.?vw.^»
„o»M you help - «y *• ew.fl»0ht^h_
.m..y if »»■ 1
Yours vw'y truly ,
(/^oCs C'ux-
216
April 12th 11.
C. C. Crabtree, Esq . ,
620 St. Joe Street,
Rapid City, S. D.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 3rd instant enclosing a
prospectus of the Royal American Portland Cement
Company of Rapid City, S. D. received.
In reply Mr. Edison directB ae to write
you that there is not a cement company aatt of the
Mississippi that has made a cent in three ye*.T8.
The eastern companies for over three years have been
oelling cement at a great loss and five have failed
within six months. If is impossible to get capital
to put up new plants, at least here in the east.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
sib
April 12 til 11.
M. L. Cox, EBq. ,
Ohio State University,
Columbia , Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
Youra of the 4th instant received.
Ur. Edison directs me to say to you that his
models are so very much scattered that he
positively could not get them together to make
any exhibit .
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Apr. 12th 11.
John Blakeley, Esq.,
Commonwealth Trust Bldg.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 8th instant addressed to
the Pyro Electric Co. has Been handed me for
attention. I do not know anything about the
above mentions d concern except that the Phonograph
Works rented them a room and did some work for them
a number of years ago.
' Yours very truly,
Secretary.
248
Ho So Heitman, Esq,,
Port MyerB,
Florida.
Bear Sir:- y-0_ 7>//r. .. .• '/
Your letter of the 22nd ultimo
received. Ur. Edison directs me to write you
and say that he sees no reason why he should
pay more than the contract calls for. What
is the UBe of a contract if it is not lived
up to and if the contractor makes a mistake
should he (Ur. Edison) pay for it?
He says he lost on many contracts
and no one ever reimbursed him for any of
hi:; losses.
Yours very truly,
$;//■..
Secretary.
251
13 th 11
Philadelphia & Reading Coal
Mr- J. S. Jennlngi
Electrical Engineer,
l Dep't., Pottsville, Penna.
Dear Sirs-
Yours of the 11th instant regarding
the miners lamp received. Mr. Edison directs me tc
4 t n at v/in start at once and construct
after they have
fc.rocie of
Lth them to you
it ions which
ery truly.
261
m
Orange, New Jersey, April 20th 11.
J. VI. Howell, EBq. , '
General Electric Co.,
Lamp Department,
Harrison, N. J.
Can you spare me four or five feet Tungsten
wire --small size.
(Signed) Edison.
original sent on y.p. pencil Mr. E's h.w.
April 20th 11.
Messrs. Brentano's,
k+Vi Av® • & 27xil St • ,
5th At..^ York city<
Gentleman
Your invoices for the Months of
January, February and March, amounting
$59.92 received.
The publications forMrs.Lewls
Hiller , jhio togbeSer pother ^
sundries have the boolcs ordered by
Will you hindly have the ££opatopy andMrs
Mr. Edison billed » ™ Llewellyn Park.
Edison's 'bl^*d invoice s as follows, so tnat
Also issue new invoic aocount, as foil
To Mr. Thos. A. Bdison: Laboratory:-
l/l7-l The Corsican 2.00
' i Famous Imposters 1.50
1-Insects & Disease x#a5
1/21 1 Marshalls Reproductions ^
' Postage .54
1^25 1 ISmic Prejudices^ a’.OO
‘ 1 Medical Chaos & Crime ,22
2JL
$16.70
TO
lAl KBS’ *5:22 %;y 4.o=
McClures iew'ifi MiH«r^
$17.50
Brentano'i
2/14 10 Place Garde
5 " "
1 Valentine
2 Carde
3/7 McClure e
Muneeye 1911
3/17 3 "If"
2 "If"
Forward $17.50
$6.70
2.50
.50
.05 9.75
1.50'
1,00 2.50
! 50 .95
$30.70
This will make the account chargeable
as follows:
Mr. Thomas A. Bdlaon (Lab.) $29.22
Mrs. " " " (1-.?.) 30.70
$59.92.
An early reply will oblige,
Yours very truly,
Q>n _
Assistant Secretary.
207
April 20th 11.
US. Pleasant Cemetery Co.,
Hr. C. H. Prettyman, Sec.,
375 Belleville Avenue,
Hewarfc, Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir:-
Y„„r circular of *•» lnS*“
the let ..mere cl ». *1—“' “•
received. *r. ““» ’’°"14 1U“ *° “•* ””
detail. regards «» •»*—“*
Of the lots.
» earlsr *.PW **u M aPP"clat'4'
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
2G9
V;V April 20th 11.
Rev. Jas. L. Meagher, PreB.,
Christian Press Ass’n Pub. Co.,
26 Barclay Street, Mew York.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 10th instant also
your book entitled "The Wonders of the Universe"
came duly to hand. Mr. Edison directs me to
thank you very kindly for the Bame and Bays
that he is so over-worked just now that he
cannot find time to read it , but hopes to
read it thoroughly this summer.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
272
Director of the U. S. Geological Survey,
Mr. George Otis Smith,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
Flease Bend, me the address of parties
who can supply me with samples of Elaterite,
Tabhyite, or Wiedgerite. I desire to make
experiments to utilize the same in commerce.
Yours very truly,
-Pres. & Gen. Manager,
Fhila. & Reading Coal & Iron Co. ,
Pottsville, Penna.
of the 14th instant
liners lamps received. Mr.
s to write you that he has
down to you as
Yours very truly,
274
C OHFIDEHTIAL .
April 20th 11.
P. E. Donner, Esq.,
Bonner, Childs Sc Woods,
Union Bank Building ,
Pittsburgh, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 15th inBtant requesting
information regarding Mr. Alfred J. Thompson's
integrity, received.
In reply Mr. Edison desires me to
write you that the above named person was , when
a young man employed as an experimenter at the
Laboratory. He was a bright young man, inclined
to be "smart" and worked here for two years.
He then went to Havana on Borne machine
business and we no nothing of his record since.
He is related to Mr. J. I. C. Clarke,,
publicity man of the Standard Oil Company.
Youfs very truly,
Secretary.
April 20th 11.
Messrs. English & Co.,
Box Bo. 1212,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Dear Sira:-
Your letter of the 20th of March
regarding the cement houses received. Mr.
Edison directs me to write you that he is
not ready to talk -business yet. I enclose
herewith a booklet giving a full description
of the proposed idea.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
April 20th 11.
289
April 22nd 11.
Mrs. Rosalie Rhodes,
1113 College Avenue,
East St. Louis, Ill.
Dear Madam
Enclosed herewith find money order
for $2.00 for four tickets for the purpose of
raising the funds to build a Jewish Temple , as
per your letter of the 13th instant.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
292
April 22nd 11.
S. Bergmann, Esq.,
25 Oudenarder Str.,
Berlin, H. Germany.
My dear Bergmann
1 was sorry to hear that you
could not Bee your way clear to use tubes and
go ahead.
Rogers' has gone over the
tools arid Bays the following are the only ones he
can utilize:-
B landing Die for Nickel Grid,
Slotting Die for " "
First Bend " "
Second " " "
Blanking Die for Iron Grid
Hydraulic " " " "—Type "A"
tt ■ « Nickel "--Type "A"
Two Iron Filling Machines.
Put a price on these; the duties are, I believe,
4S per-cent, and this makes it difficult to buy
more. I have told him to figure out if we
cannot buy some of the parte *h*?e ** tt
293
Tjig itam.
to KCt some Tuugsten
Klein was °v6r t0 g
,**-..«—***• — 7:
« it is ’■"i*"*'4 1 *Ul
0„ »t«W »»• “* ''"y
, wpRVB our sales are
rapidly. *« ^ la8t tW°
about ten thousand dollars per day.
Kind regards, Believe - .
Yours very truly,
299
Newark, New JerBey.
x „ .„di« *»• *.
x.* !»*. ,.»«■ —**• <* — vr '
„„ IT- ia authorized to
view of improving the same. He
■nake atich change, ae he deems necessary. He will^
aXso install a superintendent, who will take -
charge of the factory. You to act as technical
adviser.
Please refer to Mr. H. 1.
all office and sales matters..
Yours tjuly .
Yours truly
300
Apr. 29th 11.
Robert E. Doan, Esq.,
1327 G Street, N. W. ,
Washington, D, C.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 25th instant received.
Cut dovra your food gradually. Don’t use the
table as a social adjunct, as it causes too much food
to be taken, men you have in the course of time, got
the total food down to a certain point, you will start
to loose weight, men you notice this gradually
increase your food and thereafter keep your weight
constant. The food you then take will all be
assimilated and will pass into the large of storage
intestines, free of food value, which will prevent
pu trifaction by bnct.ri.l .ctlcn. Ictrif.ctlT. t«l«.
.in ..... to p... into th. blood ...a you ail .loop
better.
you Bbould not try to ol».p »" >“<*• nr
forty y.»r» I only »l«Pt f»«r Mur. p.r any »a no.
,l„p fro. fir. to fir. onn ono-bnlf. But it i»
profound .loop »»d I ric. p.rfbotl, rofro^.a.
You can get into the hahit by gradually
reducing your Bleeping hours over a period of, y»
three months; until you sleep only six hours. You
will be surprised at the change, providing your
arteries have not been hardened by over-eating. __
Yours very truly,
Apr. 29th 11.
Richard W. long, Esq.,
50 Church Street,
New York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying vo your letter of the 24th
instant regarding Iron , Mr. Edison directs
me to write you that for testing «ement the color
is too light, and that he can possibly rind a use
for it in time.
j enclose herewith our chemist's assay.
yours very truly,
Secretary.
May lot 11.
Clarence I. Peck, Esq.,
Monadnock Block,
Chicago, 111.
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 24th
ultimo would Bay that 1 eat every kind of food,
hut in very small umo-inta. If I find I am losing
weight I increase..!.- slightly, until it is constant.
I avoid the use of the table as a social adjunct.
prom my observations of other persons, I
should say that I eat one -quarter of the general
average for persons who take but little exercise.
What little I do eat is so perfectly assimilated
that it passes into the large or storaga intestine
with all food value extracted; leaving nothing that
will permit the intestinal bactera to set up
putr if action.
fours very truly,
. I
\ stay nt 19U.
H. S. Eeitnian, Esq.,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Sir
Mr. Edison is ir. receipt of a latter
from the Wallace Company, the tone of ehich is
very unsatisfactory to him. He requests me to
write yon for the copy of his contract re the
swimming pool.
Yours very truly,
Secretary .
323
May 1st 11.
JTai-i.onal Press Intelligence Co.,
25 West Broadway,
Hew York City.
Bear Sirs:-
Mr. Sdison directs me to write you to
abolish sending clippings to the Laboratory
treating on moving picture subjects.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
Dow, Jones & Co. ,
44 Broad Street,
r0u to discontinue
Mr. Edison instructs me to request
mtinue sending t’r-i Wall Street
Yours very truly ,
Rev. W. M. Rochester , Sec.,
The Lord'S Day Alliance of Canada,
Confederation Life Building,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 22nd ultimo received.
Ifr. Edison directs me to write you that we tried
the experiment of shutting down our kilns Sunday
and it seemed to work all right, but Inside of two
months nearly all were wrecked and we had to return
to Sunday work.
Yours very truly,
Secretary,
lira. Clarence Dally,
103 Clinton Street,
Bast Orange, K. J.
Dear Madam; -
Enclosed herewith find newspaper
clipping which Mr. Ediso* desires me to send
you.
Yours very truly,
Secretary,
Index - Bergiaann
April 24th 11.
Bdisoncell,
Berlin.
Bergman*:- The prlcea quoted on tubes are the lowest
possible; leaves little or no profit. We get hundred
twehty five dollars kilowatt hour three hour rate
for submarine a eighth inch tubes.
(Signed) EDISON.
May 2nd 1911,
American Lithia & Chemical Co.,
Hr. Wm. H. Crane, President,
50 Church Street, New York .
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 21st ultimo regarding
Carbonate of Lithia received. Mr. Edison would
like you to name your price for twenty tons, to
be delivered one ton per month.
Yours very truly.
Secretary,
:U4
May 2nd 11.
L. B. Markwith, Esq.,
Box No. 886,
Orange , N. J.
Bear Sir:-
Yours of the 29th ultimo requesting
Mr. Edison's subscription for one of the
concerts in the City of Orange's public
perks received. He directs me to write
you that he will be unable to comply with
yourc request this year.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
351
May
2nd 11.
S. KLyce , Esq. ,
School of Karine Engineering,
Annap ol i s , Mary 1 and .
Bear Sir: -
Mr. Edison directs me to write you
that he is in receipt of your paper on
"Supplementary Remarks on Theory of Mat ter «
enclosed in your letter of the 27th ultimo.
He says he has read it hut it is heyond his
capacity to comprehend it.
Yours very truly ,
ifiy.
Secretary.
May 2nd 11.
Sam D. Henry , Esq. ,
Coon Rapids Enterprise,
Coon Rapids, Iowa.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 28th ultimo
regarding an idea of yours for softening the
tone of the phonograph received. Ur* Edison
directs me to write you that the idea mentioned
by you has been used by many persons for years.
Mostly every person likes loud records and
this is the reason we never have put a device
of this kind on the market.
A number of years ago we started to
put out a felt valve in the small part of the
horn, but it was afterward abandoned.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
1
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May 3rd 11.
Thos. A. Edison, Jr., Esq. ,
Burlington, Mew Jersey?
BECK Tom
Am sorry you had such had luck with autos.
Money is a little tight just now with me, hut if
a FQBD runabout will answer your requirements and
it will go anywhere in the United States with two
persons and is simple. Kas interchangeable parts,
which can be gotten quickly, requires cheaper tires,
1 will buy you one; providing you do not tell
William I gave it to you but that you Baved money to
buy it and to make this the truth I will deduct two
($2.) dollars per Y/eek from the allowance.
Thic car is very economical in gasoline
and tires, so you will not have to Bpend much to
keep it going. 1 think the price is $750.00
(Signed) Edison.
P.S.— Ford has the largest auto works in the World,
and makes one-quarter of all the autos sold
in the United States. They are bought mostly
by the Western farmers.
May 6th 1911.
p , V. Be Craw, Esq. ,
4th Ass't Postmaster General,
Washington, D. C.
My dear De Graw:-
I enclose herewith a copy of a
letter which I have just received from a Mr. Leo,
whom I do not know*
Kr. Miller, the postmaster at
r wife's brother. He was appointed
by McKinley, they being neighbors
give:
square deal.
. I believe he has
ponce is my
bKinley
n satisfaction and hope that he will u
Yours very truly
V A-;
Way 3rd 11.
Mrs. K. C. Williams,
Wheaton, Minn.
Bear Madam: -
Your letter of the first of March
received. It doea not matter what one believes,
it will change nothing in the end. Scientific men
as a rule do not believe in the immortality
of the aoul; because the more they investigate
the works of nature the more firmly they reach that
conclusion.
It is almost impossible to control
one's belief, and if one can believe the religion
of the Bible, they had better not try to shake the
belief as it is certainly more consoling.
However, if we all carry out the
Golden Rule in this life, we have very little to fear
from the hereafter, no matter what our be lief^me.-y- "u« T
Youtb very ’truly ,
Hay 6th
Dudley S. Crandall, Eeq. ,
R. D. Ho. 1— Box No. 24,
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
My dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 18th of April
at hand. It is a fine letter and I thank you f
giving me a copy. I enclose herewith a paper
called the "Do iwn Homer" , which I have just run
across.
Yours very truly ,
May 9th 11
John Ho Wood, Esq.,
156 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison wants you to cancel the
$6500.00 insurance on the Greenhouse, also reduce
the insurance on the barn from $6000.00 to
$3000.00, and on the horses, vehicles and harness
from $6400.00 to $1000.00.
He also wants to know in how many
companies you carry the insurance on his house
and contents, and if they are all good.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
toy 9th 11.
American Lithla & Chemical Co.,
Mr. Wm. H. Crane, President,
50 Church St., New York.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 3rd inBtant received.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he is
ready to receive quotations for one ton of Lithia
a month for one year. Contract to start some time
this year.
Yours very truly,
~r;:„
Secretary
May 9th
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General Electric Co.,
Ur. W. R. Burrows,
Assistant Engineer,
Harrison, Haw Jersey.
Dear Sir
VourB of the 3rd instant regarding
the Tungsten lamps received. In reply Ur.
Edison directs me to write you that he wants
one and two-tenth volts 1/2 — 1 — 2 — 3 and 4
candle-power. One watt per candle or less.
He will he at the Laboratory when you come over.
Yours very truly.
Secretary
May 9th 11.
Loon E. Landone, Esq,,
car* Franklin Robison,
Columbia University,
New York City.
Bear Sir:-
Youra of the 3rd inBtant requesting
an interview with Mr. Edison regarding the
introduction of the kinetoscopes in the common
schools received. Mr. Edison directs me to
write you that he is at the Laboratory most
of the time. Better call up on the phone
when you propoae coming, to make sure that he is her.
phone No. 907 Orange.
Yours very truly, ^
Secretary.
386
May 9th 19X1.
H. Stamm, Esq. ,
12 Guilford Street,
London, W. C, England.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
he is so oyer-worked that he cannot find the time
to do anything in connection with your very
interesting communication of the 26th ultimo.
yours very truly,
Secretary^
May 9th 11
\
S. T. Cherry, Esq.,
Otyognomy,
Parsons, Kansas.
Pear Sir
Ab requested in yours of the 28th ultimo
I enclose herewith a photograph of Mr. Edison's
ear.
Yours very truly,
Secretary'
403
4 '•
May 9th 11..
Robert T. Lozier, Esq.,
care Kountze Brothers ,
New York City.
My dear Sir
Your favor of the 4th instant
received. Glad to see that you have made bo
good a connection, and also that the large
bankers ar9 connecting up. with engineers.
It mates it easier for the struggling inventor
who gets fleeced by promoters.
Yours very truly,
404
May 9th 1911.
•T . :? . Morgan & Co . ,
Wall & Broad Sts, t
Hew York City.
Gentlemen
Your letter of the 6th instant regarding
the storage battery received. I will be in town
this week and will call and see your honorable
Yours very truly,
May 10th 11.
W. S. Mallory, Esq.,
Edison Crushing Roll Co.,
Stewartsville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory
Please b—,* me copies of all
Crushing Roll agreements. I want to have
on file to guide me in hilling royalty; also, Mr.
Edison may want to see them some time.
Yours very truly ,
A
SecB,tary,
411
n
May loth 11.
Niagara Alkali Co.,
H. D. Ruhm, X°M'i
PreB. 4c Gen. Mgr. ,
Niagara Palls, B. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 3rd instant received.
Mr. Edison directB me to write you that we purchase
our electrolytic potash from Germany. It is
practically free from chlorides and we would he
glad to have you quote on supplying us as well
as the soda.
Yours very truly,
■ A d
Secretary.
May 10th 11.
Soissons , Count de
Beaufort Mansions,
London, S. W. England.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 26th ultimo received.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that the
newspaper clipping which you enclosed is correct.
He works eighteen hours daily, has Been doing tnis
daily for forty five years'. This is double the usual
amount men do'. This makes ninety years i add twenty
years for youth and you have one hundred and ten
years as his age. He is still working eighteen hours
and expects to keep it up twenty years more, which
will make his age one hundred and fifty years.
The reason he can work eighteen hours is
because he eats very little, sleeps little and wears
clothes that do not pinch the blood veins in the
slightest.
Yours very truly,
r-M.
Secretary.
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May 10th 11.
H. E. Heitman, Esq.,
Port Myers, Florida.
Dear Mr. Heitman:-
I found three letters from
Wallace and Company, copies of which I enclose
herewith. They clearly state what Wallace
proposed to do.
In view of the disagreeable
letter he wrote, I am not inclined to pay any
further sum and suggest if he thinks he has been
unjustly dealt with, that he can sue for it and
let the Court decide. I will allow fifty ($50.)
dollars toward paying his lawyer. ^
Yours very-'truly ,
Enclosures .
May 11th 11.
J. H. Wood, Esq. ,
156 Broadway,
Hew York.
Dear Slr:-
Bnclosed find the following policies as
requested in yours of the 10th inBtant.
On Mr. Edison's ham
* 5022 Phenix Ins. Co. *2000. Expires Oct. 6, 1912
#•33257 The Home n Co. *4000. Oct. ,
On Horses. Vehicles and Harness
#207190 Penna. Piw In.. 0«. «2S00. KP. »
4727 Hartford " " " *3600.
On Greenhouse
#800797 0T.ni« St.« **■ °Ct‘ ^ 12'
„9«9 H.UU »1~ * <*• *2000- 10-6'12
1040507 Commonwealth In,. Co. *«»• ». «*• »• 1912
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
May 11th 11,
Ut. Pleasant Cemetery Co.,
Ur. B. H. Prettyman, Sec.,
375 Belleville Avenue,
Hewark, Hew Jersey.
Bear Sir:-
Your letter of the 10th Instant received.
Will you kindly advise me if Both of lir. Edison- s
lots are in use?
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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Kay 13th 11.
Agnes E. De Monde ,
173 Madison Street,
Brooklyn, New York.
Dear Madam: -
Replying to your letter of the 9th
instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
he will give the hoy a month's trial at the
Laboratory at seven dollars per week.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
May 13th 11.
American Lithia & Chemical Co. ,
Mr. Wm. E. Crane, President,
50 Church. St. , New York.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 11th ins tail t
quoting on Lithia Carbonate received. In reply
Mi-. Edison directs me to write you that he can
buy all the I.ithia he wants at fifty five
cents per pound, and your offer therefor does
not interest him.
Youru very truly.
Secretary.
432
Robert Grau, Esq.,
53 Elm Avenue ,
U?t. Vernon, M. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 13th
instant Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
the amount is exaggerated; he did not take out
foreign patents because he did not realize the
value of the invention.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
440
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May 17 th 11.
Jaa. W. Byrnes, Bsq. ,
Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.,
79 Water Street, Be m York.
Dear Sir
Mr. Bdison directs me to write you
that he would like, to loan the hook on Shellac,
mentioned in your letter of the 12th inetant.
Yours eery truly,
Secretary.
442
May Wth. 11.
H. H. Blisli, Esq.,
car« Harger & Bliah,
811 w. Walnut St.,
Bas Moines , Iowa.
Bear Sir:-
Your latter of the 9th instant regarding
a phonograph record or a heart beat received. Mr.
EdiBon directs me to write you that he will have
one of hin experimenters see what can be done
regarding the same .
Yours Tery truly.
Secretary.
May 19-1911,
J. Park Charming,
42 Broadway,
Hew York.
My dear Sir;-
Knowing of your active connection
with some of the large mining enterprises of our
country, X believe that you would he much inter¬
ested in a crushing plant which was built last
year at Tomkins Cove, Hew York, for crushing lime¬
stone for commercial, purposes, which is equipped
with my crushing rolls and stationary screens .
The machinery in this plant has
capacity of about 10,000 tons in ten hours, and the
large rolls will crush single Btones weighing 15 to
17 tons.
I have instructed our Mr. Mallory to
present this letter to you, and he will be glad to
accompany you to the Tomkins cove plant, which is
located only 36 miles from Hew York, on the west
Shore R. R. , any time when it will suit your
convenience.
I 'believe that the costa obtainable
by this method of crushing will make cownercial
some low grade ore propositions, and I trust that
you y/111 be able to find time to visit the plant
and see for yourself just what^le-'tSSTng done^ •
Yolors very truly,
May 19 th. 11,
My dear Kammerhoff >
Mr. RogerB tells me you have
resigned from the battery company and leave in
July, and that you would like to come over with us.
I could give you a place in
some of my enterprises providing Mr. Bergmann is
made to understand that I am not trying to take
you away. I would not for an instant do anything
to hurt Mr. Bergmann.
I would pay about $75.00 per
week to start with and if you made a success, I of
course would increase the amount.
Yours very truly,
Mny 18th. 11 o
George Otis Smith, Esq.,
Director-U. S. Geological Survey,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
win y.» .!«.• «"■' "• M1*°” ’iai
* -»« »“ “lne
In a. Hrtrarim a.po.lt. ern.tly otlig.,
YOUBS very truly,
Secretary .
May 20, 1911.
Messrs. Rogers-Pyatt Shellac Co.,
(Mr. James ff. Byrnes)
79 Water Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen:
Replying to yours of the 17th inst., asking for 500
pounds of re-inf orced shellac, Mr. Edison directs me to write
you that he is not in a position to make a quantity of anything
just now, as he is still in the experimental stage. 1 return
herewith your formal order.
Yours very truly,
Seoretary.
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May 20, 1911.
Mr. J. R. Barber ,
1567 Ogden Street,
Denver, Colo.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 15th inet., regarding a
dry placer machine, Mr. Edison directs me to write you he
has none of these machines left, and does not intend to
make any more.
YourB very truly.
Secretary.
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May SO, 1911.
Mr. Arthur Ton Barth,
o/o Edison Storage Battery Co.,
Orange, H. J.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 17th inBt., regarding a pay
roll machine which you have invented, Mr. Edison directB me to
write you that the machine is so much out of his line, that he
could not consider going into it.
Yours very truly,
Seoretary.
hm/jtb
466
May 20, 1911.
Mr. F. D. Lambie, President,
American Building Corporation,
299 Broadway,
New York City.
Bear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 18th inst., enclosing a
letter from the Engineering Record asking for information
regarding the Edison Concrete House Moulds, Mr. Edison directs
me to write you that of oourBe he is not yet in the business;
but you might send Mr. Beall the booklet which is enclosed,
and also one of your pamphlets, and tell him that Mr. Edison does
not sell the moulds.
Yours very truly.
hm/jtb
Seoretary.
ilr. Arthur .. illiaiss ,
c/o Xew York Edison Co. ,
55 Du tins Street,
Hew York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 17th last. , i
■git*dlng the tankers who stood behind tile company
ite beginning , yr. Edison directs me to write you
the names you mention are the only ones t.oat he- c
remember who were financially interested in the X
York Company, he also says that Edwin Adams of V.
Lanier & Company was interested. He will try to t
e public Policy Meeting.
Yours very truly.
at the
498
May 25th 1911.
Electric Locomotive Dep’t.,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Dear Sirs;-
Your letter of the 23rd lnatant received.
My men are still figuring. I, personally have gone
into the Bcheme to ascertain if it is a business
possibility. My conclusions are;-- that if it is
done in the way hereafter described that it will be
a highly practicable and commercial success.
Loco v/ith battery for 900 horBe-power
hours , discharging for thirty minutes over the ten
miles at the rate of 1500 horse-power, then ran on
siding, charge forty minutes to put back all that was
taken out. Crew steps from this loco to a fresh
charged one and so on.
Charging both ends. Only take out three-
fifths of the capacity on each run bo as to get rapid
charge rate with fair economy, and surplus for
emergency- like excess coal and water on a steam loco.
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Small cells to be used to get radiating
surface, to get cooling from fan to prevent too
great a rise of temperature. Charge at both ends
reduces battery to one -half what it would be if
charged at one end only. In this way coot of
electrification no matter how great or complex is
reduced down to small batteries. There is no other
investment for the reason that the commercial power
stations now in operation are abundantly able to
supply far more current than will ever be used, and,
at a cost so low that the railroad company could not
possibly put up stations and make it themselves for
the Bame money. The use of the electric loco
releases just that many more steam locos over this
route, hence, there is no increase here.
It resolves itself down to one item, that
iBj— the only cost of electrifying the Chicago B. B.
is practically the cost of bo many sets of batteries,
and the coBt of running is the depreciation, interest
and current for these batteries.
We have only built a few of these special
rapid charge and discharge rate cells and cannot
give the cost, but think it would be around forty
eight to fifty three dollars per horse-power hour,
based on a one hour discharge rate. As far as we
know now from the endurance tests, they will give
within ten per-cent of the rating, over a period of
three years. They can then be transferred to another
Loco not requiring so much power and run for another
at the end of three years the
three years;
500
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positive plate can l>e renewed for one-half the
original cost, making the cost say $78.00 per horse¬
power hour, over* a period of six years, or thirteen
per-cent depreciation, and still could be transferred.
The laying on the siding forty or fifty
minutes only means that a few extra Locos would be
necessary over and above what would be required if
there was but little waiting for charge. While waiting
there is practically no depreciation, hence it resolves
itself into a question of interest on the idle investment.
The scheme of eletrif ication lends itself to
a gradual electrification without any disturbance or the
raising of large sums of money, or the chance of
costly errors.
This feature of taking on current at the
end of each short trip (aB a Loco would take on coal
and water) is, in my opinion, the proper and commercial
way to attain the result.
There is only one thing that must be
ascertained and that I eon testing, to wit:-
How low can I keep the temperature of the battery
down by increasing radiating surface by small cells
by the use of ventilating fans. That we will let you
know as soon an possible.
Please let me know if I am wrong and where
I am wrong on the general idea.
May 25th 1911.
Secretary,
Committee on Admissions,
Engineers Club.
32 Went 40th Street,
New York City,
Dear Sirt-
I desire to have ay name attached to the
application of Mr. Gano Dunn as an endorser and would
like to suggest that as this gentleman has just been
elected -President of American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, it would be a welcome act to the great body
of its membership if Mr. Dunn's application could be
acted upon at an early date so as to place the facilit
of the Club at his disposal in the discharge of his
presidential duties.
I desire to express my strong personal
admiration for Hr. '™1"°r “*
a man, an. '..Here be .ill mate a net acceptable
membe-'r of our body ,
Yours ve.ry '’truly,
;r. Eobert Sedgwick,
47 William Street,
Eew York City.
7ear Sir:- . (
Beplying to yours of. the 23rd inst.,
regarding electric automobiles, fcr. Edison directs
•e to write you that he only manufactures electric
Storage batteries to run electric cars. He thinks
tliu-t ;,;rs. Cary probably wants an electric car which
hikcs no noise end runs perfectly smooth. There are
a number of mukes of electric cars; the most expensive
and best is built, by Healy. F,, Co* , of Sew York City and
are used by 7. P. Morgan and people of that type. The
other builders of less expensive cars are the Detroit
Electric and the Baker Electric, both ‘having offices
in -Hew York City and build cars far the Edison Batter;
If she sends around to them, asking to see an Electric
with Edison Battery, he is sure they would bring one t
525
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Zr. Samuel lnsull,
American Institution of Kleotrieal Sngineers,
" 29 "eat 39th Street,
liew York City.
Dear 3ir:~
Hep lying to yourB of tlie 25th inst
regarding your oontemplated visit to Kr. Edison at
Orange, would state he requests me to write you that
if you oannot oome out to the laboratory he will so
into liew York when you are at the convention.
Yours very truly.
Mr. E. V. Maohette.
120 liberty Street.
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replytng to yours of the 27th inst,
asking to snpply 10 pounds of Selenium at $5.00 per
pound, Mr. Edison renuests me to write you that 10
pounds is more than he needs for experimenting. He
will, however, take 5 pounds at that prioe in stioks.
Yours very truly.
M:H
Seoretary.
May 3lBt 1911 .
Miss Anne Morgan,
219 Madison Ave.,
Hew York City.
Sear Miss Morgan
I am in receipt of your favor
of the 26 th instant. In reply will say .that I
am so over-whelmed with work that I cannot
possibly accept your kind invitation.
Yours^-v^ry truly.
June 2nd 19X1.
Jas. R. Reiser, Esq.,
4th Ave, & 27th St.,
Yours of the 29th ultimo regarding the
automobile being buil't for you by the Lansden Company
has been referred to me. Hr. Edison is the Bole
owner of the Lansden Company and lately became dissatisfied
with the management, re-organizing the sales and manufacturing
departments. This caused a little confusion which has
Your chassis will be shipped to Hew Haven by
boat to-morrow, to get the body which I understand is
We are writing the body man to adviBe when he will
Bbip the complete machine and will write you on receipt
of his letter, and v/ill use every endeavor to get it to you
Regretting the <»eiay and with assurances that
everything possible will be do*, to t the mxAlim to you
quickly,
I am,
Your a very truly,
mJM,.
Secretary. /
George 2£hret, £30 , ,
92ncl S t . « 2nd Ave , ,
New York. City.
Near Sir;-
The La.no den Company has been controlled by me
for >■ past two years, lately I became dissatisfied
with the management and made a change, re-organizing
the facto ry and sales departments; Mr. Lansden being
no .longer connected with the Company.
It ia now in better shape to turn out first
class machines and I propose completing your order for
the five ton trucks at the earliest possible moment,
and, to your satisfaction.
545
June 3rd 1911.
W. A. Williams , Esq.,
University Avenue ,
University Heights,
Hew York City.
Hear Sir:-
Your letter ofthe 26th ultimo regarding
the Edison Electric Light Co. of Europe, Ltd.,
received. Mr. Edison directs me to write you
-mat the Company was wound up years ago and a
small dividend was paid. The patents were knocked
out and we did not win out.
YourB very truly,
4. ;
Secretary.
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June 3rd 1911.
Arthur Williams, Esq.,
55 Duane Street,
Hew York City.
My dear William* i-
Yours of the 26th ultimo
received. I had to turn down MisB Morgan's
invite, I am so completely over-loaded with
work.
Sincere
June 3rd 1911.
H. U. Byllesby, Esq.,
206 So. La Salle St.,
Chicago, Illinois.
My dear Byllesby
Your letter of the 9th ultimo
received.
Your address before the University
of Pennsylvania is very clear and very good. I am
quite surprised that you have such a facility.
I also want to Bay to you that you
are missing a great opportunity that you do not come
down to Orange and let me explain to you, that
recent developements in my new storage battery is
Buch that a new epoch in the electric business is
now starting, and those who investigate thoroughly
will reap the benefit. I believe I know as well
aB anyone how things will turn out as a business
proposition.
I have read the proceedings of your
last convention and am further surprised.
'.yo'j
June 3rd 19X1.
K. F. Parshall , Esq.,
Salisbury House ,
London Wall ,
London, E.C. England.
My dear Parshall : -
Your letter of May 15th received.
Recent improvements in the battery
have put a very different complexion on the whole
scheme. A new epoch is opening in the electrical
business and I believe of enormous extent. To give
you a glimpse I state that I propose to furnish a
tender of one car attached to an electric locomotive,
containing battery which will absorb 800 horse-power
in forty-five minutes and give it out at the rate of
1500 horse-power.
This is for the Baldwin Loco.
Works for electrification of all the Chicago terminals,
thirty one railroads. Insull can furnish the current
without effecting his regular load, to any great extent.
The electric locomotives replace and release the steam
locomotives. There is no third rail or complication;
the whole thing comes down to investment and depreciation
of battery, onlylJl- and the change can take place
gradually without disturbance .
554’
The electric zone in Chicago is to he
ten miles from the center and the limit of speed is to
he twenty miles per hour. The weight of train 1250 tons.
I am certain this will he a success.
On the other hand,- on a trolley
road at Y/ashington, D. C. four miles long with eight
percent grade the storage battery car leaves the barn
at six A. M. fully charged and goes into the barn
at twelve midnight, also fully charged. It stops
four minutes at each end of the line and we ram the
current in, so that it takes the trip without drawing
out the permanent charge.
The old idea of carrying the
charge far the whole day has exploded,
X am driving a one-horse
butcher's delivery wagon with only 16 cells, 20 volt
motor It starts charged in the morning and at
night it 1b fully charged when the days work is over;
they booBt at high density every time they come in
for a load. This vehicle sells for $700.00
Have sold a bettery for submarine,
2500 horse-power, charging five hours, discharging two
hours. This to some foreign government, cannot find
out to whom.
Just get your thinking cap on and think
out what it means to have a reliable battery which ^wlll take
in enough current in ten minutes to run the vehicle^mile s ,
boo
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etc., with a weight of about fifty pounds per horse¬
power hour.
I shall hold off dealing with
with anybody for a while, as I think there is a big
opening for big finances here.
Beach's battery car is now down
to 2?a pounds per seated passenger, and one road at
Concord, North Carolina, has abandoned it's trolley.
Bergmann h&8 made a botch of the
German Company. Went ahead with the old type
against my advice and protest, and now has no capital
to go ahead with the new cell. He has'nt the slightest
idea of the value of the battery and wants to sen out.
With kindest regards,
Sincerely yours,
Believe
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Juno 5th 1911. .
Lawrence H. lucker, Esq.,
515 First Avenue, South,
Minneapolis , Minnesota .
■Hear Lucker: -
The invitation to your wedding
was received a day or eo ago, I am sorry
I cannot he present at the ceremony.
Please convey to the future Mrs.
Lucker and accept yourBelf my best wishes for
$ long and happy married life.
Sincerely yours.
561
June 5th, 1911.
Hr. luoe.
Press Clipping Bureau,
65 Part Plaoe
flew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Hoferring to the servioe which you
rendered to Hr. Miller Mr. Edison would like
to have you oome out and talk the matter over with
him as regards the olippings.
Yours very truly,
AH.
Secretary.
June bth.
1911.
Messrs. Mann Sc Maokeille ,
12 East 46th Street,
Sew York City.
Gentlemen
Replying to yours of the 1st
inst. Mr. Edison direots me to write you that the
bolts for the new oonorete house are about -65#
finished and on account of the rush on the new
storage batteries he had to use the tools and
stop making the formB.
He hopes to resume soon
and finish them up quiokly.
yours very truly.
3eo rotary.
568
Juno 5th, 1911.
Mr. Vi'. K. .:oClintook,
22 Hassau Place,
E. Orange, S.J.
Dear Sir:-
Heplylng to yours of the 2nd inst.
rep.arding Storage Eaitery Cars. Mr. Edison direots
Be to write you to come over to the laboratory and
have a tall: with him on the subject.
you had better oall on the telephone
before coming so that Mr. Edison will be sure to be
there . Cur telephone number is 908 Orange, 3. J.
yours very truly.
Ail.
Seoretary.
571
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June 8th 1911.
W. Mo Barrett, Esq., Pres.,
AdamB Express Company,
59 Broadway, New York.
Dear Mr. Barrett:-
We will make twenty (20) one and
one-half ton trucks complete, except motor, tires
and battery for Thirteen hundred, ninety seven
( $1397 o 00) Dollars each, net cash. Assembling
the motors, tires and battery to make complete
machine, is included in this price.
We will purchase the tires and
motors, getting the manufacturers discount and
give you the benefit, without profit to us.
The batteries can be obtained
from the Edison Storage Battery Co. at a twenty
(20 f) percent discount, through the Adams Vehicle Co,
Should, upon the completion
of the vehicle, the accountants find that we have
made more than fifteen (15*) percent profit on
Labor, Material and overhead expenses, we will
refund the excess to you.
We intend to use the heet material and
make the heat and most lasting vehicle possible.
We estimate that the twenty machines can be furnished
within six weeks from date of order.
We hope in a few days to give you price
for the three two ton wagons.
Mr. Charles Deshlev,
o/o General Hleotric Go.,
Harrison, H. .,fit
Dear )ir:-
ileplying to yours of the 5th
inst. enclosing a letter from Dr. Horne, re-
sarding electro-magnets, Mr. Edison directs
me to write you that he no longer makes mag¬
netic separators, hut he thinks they are made
by the ..etherill Company. The address of this
Company can be obtained ftom the Hew Jersey
Zinc Company, franklin furnace, Hew Jersey.
Yours very truly,
AH.
P.S.
I return herewith Dr. Horne's letter.
7th. 1911,
Mountpleasant Cemetery Company,
37 & Belleville Avenue,
Hewark, Hevi Jersey.
Gentlemen
Referring to question of
$400, which you oharge Y.r. dison for the oare
of his two lots, will you kindly inform me if
this is subject to withdrawsi^at any time.
Yours very truly.
June 9th 1911
Marcella Qoodopeed,
Hartford, Michigan.
Hear Madam: -
I am in receipt of your letter of
the 4th instant. In reply to same would say
that the general public have , for years , been
calling for louder and still louder records;
but I have always maintained that anyone who
really had a musical ear wanted soft music.
Of course we could mellow it in the x-acord
itself and we are now working on a record^,
in which the tone is very soft and-lnellow.
Yours^very truly,
0/9
June 13 th 11.
R, H. Beach, Esq. ,
50 Church Street,
New Yorlc City.
Beach: -
The opinion of hoyB here is that the
bposting charge ia all right at Concord, providing
that the temperature never gets above 98, and what
is better 95, and that every two weeks the battery
should be given a long charge of twelve hours to
insure that the iron should not go dopy. Also
that particular attention should be given to filling
with water. It should be kept up high as per
Instructions and never be permitted to go low, as to
be too close too plates.
The idea boost is::- take out two— fifths
and then boost. If you take out three-fifths before
boost it is harder on battery and not so economical.
Better get a days run schedule showing
ampere inpap and output on boosts and all data,
mileage etc. on boosts, temperature, water line
and send it to us.
(Signed)
BJI BOS
June 03 th 11 .
Louis Sinks, Esq.,
71 Saeeau street,
Sew York City.
)ty deai Hicks
Your letter of the 9th instant
re the Edieon ve. Allis-Chalmers Co. suit
r»flTn*> duly to hand, also ..the copy of Judge Hazel1 b
opinion, which 1 have read. It appears very
strong. I congratulate you for having won out.
Yours very truly,
642
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June 16 th IX.
Commonwealth Edison Company,
Louis A- Ferguson, Esq.,
Second Vice President,
120 Wes t Adams St . ,
Chicago, Illinois.
My dear Ferguson: -
Yours of the 8th instant received.
The Locomotive type of battery could not he furnished
for several months. I have only one tube filling
machine which is very complicated and it will require
months to make more to turn out cells in quantity.
The Locomotive batteries have
tubes one -eighth of an inch in diameter, whereas the
truck or auto batteries have tubes of one-quarter inch.
The small tubes petmit of double the number of plated
in the same cell, hence its great charge and discharge
rate .
If you contemplate UBing your road
within eight months it would be useless to wait for
the new design. The present one-quarter inch tube
cannot be made to charge rapidly enough for
Locomotive work.
Henry B. Clifford, Esq.,
320 Fifth Avenue ,
Hew York City.
l£y dear Sir;-
Yours of the 14th instant received.'
The leached ore will not he magnetic. You can
easily and cheaply briquette this ore and if
original concentration is good, it is a desirable
ore for blast furnace, if you get your Bulphur
low enough.
Regarding the building of a mill
and spending a lot of money , my advice is— ~
"Don't do it." Build a small experimental mill
Which will be inexpensive, with output oi two tons
daily and work out every detail exhaustively, then you
know what you can do and can invest large sums with
every assurance of success. My experience is that
the majority of men act too quickly on insufficient
data.
There is absolutely no reaeon why a
failure Bhould be made in a milling proposition
if there is an unlimited supply of ore to be had.
There is not a detail in your
proposed process that I am not thoroughly familiar
with, except cyanidlng.
Yours very truly.
652
Juno 21,1911
?he 7e Laval Separator Co.,
165 Broadway.
Kew York City.
Gentlemen: -
Replying to ycnrs of the 14th
inst., regarding a centrifugal machine, Mr. Edison
directs me to write you that it is not a liquid
shellac at ordinary temperature which he wants to
separate hut a liquid about like table syrup at 280°
Fahrenheit .
You is very truly
’/*’ 4
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Secretary.
GGG
June 21,1911
Mr. Henry P. Clifford,
520 Fifth Avenue,
11 ew York City.
Pear Sir:-
Heplying to yours -of the 18 th
inst., Mr. Edison directB me to -write you that you
had better come over and see him before you go
Yours very truly ,
Secretary.
Si()9
June 17th 11*
Hon. Franklin Murphy,
224 McWhorter Street,
Newark, New Jersey.
Pear Siri»*
Mr. Upton has showed me your letter of June 16th.
In your letter you say:- “It ie only frank to
say that information has been received that in some
instances the Edison Cement has been unsatisfactory, and
the Commission, in the discharge of its duty to the public,
felt that in so far aB possible they must use cement of
undisputed quality."
I ask that you let me know the instances where
Edison Cement has been unsatisfactory , so that I may
investigate them.
I hope you will give me full information
regarding this, wh^oh I will consider confidential, and
that you will permit, me to investigate any complaints which
may have been reported to you and place beiore you the
Edison Conqaany’s statements regarding them.
Yours very truly,
'>Oj
-June 23, 193]
caidwin Locomotive Works,
Philadelphia, Penn.
Gentlemen:
Heferring to ycur letter of June 21et. We are puehing
the experiments as faet as possible; we are just aB anxious
as you are. Our problem seems to be solely a question of keep¬
ing the heat down by blowing. Today we have a new scheme 01
blowing and will test tonight. Just as soon as poseible, we
will give you seme of the rough preliminary tests - it looks
good. >
»ourc very truly,
689
Qoplan ef Phone Ke»w®*» *»«’4 frwa 81,4 MBt t0 J* p* M* 00 *
^0^ Index under J. P. Morgan * Co. ,
^ JUHB *6 1911.
Mr. Edison: -
Mr. Porter of J. ?• *• Co. Phoned that It
is reported from Parle that you have given up your
European rlghte on Battery for Traction on Haile to
Beach— 'and for Submarine purposes to another party.
What rlghte have you accorded Monnot for the sale of
your Battery for other purpoeee.
Mr. Porter would like to cable your reply.
Ur. Edleon 'e answer to the above.
Porter — J. E. Morgan & Co.
Have not parted with any rights . uy agent
is selling submarine batteries to European aovernments-
Beach haa no rights. Monnot Is simply a dealer In
Automobile lighting batteries. I told him to dell in
prance ar*L if he did satisfactory buainess I would not
sell to other dealers.
Edison.
Message received
and anewered June 26th 1911.
June 2Bth 11,
Bose U. Stevens,
2004 Military Street,
Port Huron, Hich,
Dear Hadam:-
Beplying to your letter of the 21»t
instant Ur. Edison directs ms to write you that
you may use the name -Edison" for the benefit of
the City Hospital. I also enclose herewith a
check for $10.00 toward the receipts of your
booth.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-087 (1911)
This letterbook covers the period June-December 1911. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some letters
by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate
to the commercial and technical development of Edison’s alkaline storage
battery and its use in locomotives, electric vehicles, lamps for coal miners,
and country house lighting. Included is correspondence with business
associates such as William C. Anderson, Ralph H. Beach, and Sigmund
Bergmann. Several letters pertain to Edison's organization of the storage
battery business in Europe, including the appointment of John F. Monnot as
his representative and his relations with financier H. Herman Harjes of
Morgan Harjes in Paris. A few items deal with Edison's ore milling
technologies and royalties earned by the Edison Crushing Roll Co. Also
included are letters to financial consultant Roger Babson about population
statistics and other matters and to author Poultney Bigelow about the use of
airplanes during the Mexican Revolution. Among the items relating to family
and personal matters are letters concerning Edison's tour of Europe in August
1911 with his wife Mina and his three youngest children. There is also
correspondence regarding Edison's winter home in Fort Myers, Florida, his
collections of books and periodicals, his charitable donations, and his
membership in clubs and societies, including the Essex County Country Club.
The spine is marked "T.A.E. From June 28- 1 1 Dec. 3, 1911" and "26."
The front cover is marked with similar information. The book contains 699
numbered pages and an index. Approximately 15 percent of the book has
been selected.
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Ford, Bacon and Bar la,
115 Broadway,
New York City.
Gentlemen
This will acknowledge receipt of your
letter of the 31st ultimo, alBO the copy of the
report which you have made upon the service and
equipment of the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Co.
for the Pennsylvania State Railroad Commission.
I think this is one of the best
reports I have ever read and thank you very
kindly for the same. ,,
Yours- very truly,
LS
Q
3*
yy dear Anderson:-
Your favor of the 1st instant
received. In reply thereto would say that I
actually have three different rectifiers, all
on different principles now on test. I cannot
afford to put out anything that is not extremely
practical.
Yours very truly,
To W. C. Anderson, Esq., Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
35
July 7th 1911.
Burns D. Caldwell . Esc^. , Vice Pres.,
1).- In ware , Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co.,
90 West Street, New York City.
Bear Mr. Caldwell
Your letter of the 5th instant
regarding the application of Rev. V/illiejn Albert
Prye , Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of
Grange, for the privileges of membership in the
Bose;-: County Country Club under the rule covering
the extension thereof, to clergymen resident of
Essex County has been received; and I have to-day
written the Committee on membership endorsing your
proposition. "
Yours v-ory truly,
36
July 7 th 1911.
Committee on Membership,
SsBex county Country Cluh,
■West Orange, Hew Jersey.
Gentlemen: -
Mr. Bums D. Caldwell writes me that he
Mas proposed the name of Rev. William Albert Erye ,
Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Orange
for the privileges of membership in the Essex
County Country Club under the rule covering the
extension thereof to clergymen resident of Essex
County, and I desire to add my endorsement to the
proposition. ~*-f
Yours ve ry truly ,
173
August 4th 191') .
.Edison Portland Cement Co.,
¥. Sc Mallory, Esq.., Prss.,
Stewart Bville , Hew Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory
Beplying to your letter of
the 3rd instant beg to say that the young msn
you have reference to regarding the cement hag
experiment is Peter Christen sen. He would like
to have you send him some more gunny cloth. like
the i&8t lot he received.
A letter v<ill reach Mr.
Rdison if sent cars Morgan, Grenfell <i Co.,
#22 Old Broad Street, London.
Yours very truly,
■HIM
Secretary.
251
xJ
Bdiaon Crushing Roll Co.,
W. S. Mallory, Esq., Pres.,
Stewartsville , New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory
Replying to your letter ol the
5th instant beg to state that the following accounts
show the balances as of July 1st 1911:-
Roll Contract Expense $35,966.71
Legal » other Exp. a/c Rolls_20J1^01 $56,097.72
^ 1 D + n 7A/11 $39,923.22
Royalty on Rolls to 7/1/ i «
RET LOSS $16,174.50
in this connection will say that
Hie*. »<™ MUUmX *.«•■ *““* "
do not Enow of as yet .
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
254
Sept. 7, 1911
lr. Jacob Bomn.er ,
c ,/o 3cgart & Bogart,
•i or 11 Building,
I;en 'iork City.
Dear 3ir:-
heplying to yours ’-f the 5th last., regarding
concrete houses, I beg to state tnat the houses Being Built
in Virginia highlands near Washington, B. C. are not being
built with i.lr. Edison's moulds. J5r. adison's moulds are not
yet completed, being only about 60£ finished.
,.e enclose herewith a booklet for your iiu«H!..
tion.
yours very truly.
255
278
sept, nth n.
•Edison Crushing Roll Co.,
W. S. Mallory, Esq., Pres.,
Stewart aville, New Jersey.
Dear Mr. Mallory:-
Your letter of the 9th lne an
warding the Roll *1‘° ”” °f
.r the SIW co. «* »“• k- M1S°“
the **XW 1.1^ »“■* »“i”d-
M to ad.i.e that the agreement
M"‘“g ““V
a.t.e.ent tend, to — *>*« “
within a radian of eeventy five miles frpm
City of Detroit?
« «„1, »PW ** M
Yours very truly, / ^
Secretary.
32
The Chat field Mfg. Co.,
Carthage, Ohio.
Dear Sirs:-
Sept. 26 th 11
Your letter of the 14th inetant
regarding the application of Dr. Rosensteln
received. Our head chemlBt Dr. Goldstein,
airectB me to quote you as follows:-
"Dr. RoBenstein acted as my assistant in the
chemical laboratory for one and one-half years.
His work during that time was satisfactory and
he appeared to he an intelligent, steady man.
1 found him well posted in theoretical chemistry,
both organic and inorganic, as also in analitical
work. Whether ho is qualified to hold a position
requiring technical experience such as ie mentioned
in the inquiry I am unable to Btate, since he had
no occasion to exhibit any such requirements while
working with me? (Signed) Goldstein.
Yours very truly,
Assistant Secretary.
Arthur ▼ . Brady, Beq. , President,
American Electric Railroad Association,
Atlantic City, Sew Jersey.
Bear Sir;-
I would suggest that the Association
appoint a committee to investigate the storage
Battery cars now -in operation in various partB
of the country, driven By my new Battery.
I predict a great future for cars of
this character and think the committee if
appointed will be surprised. Both technically
and commercially.
Tours Very truly,
365
Oot. 12th 1911.
< i
My dear Ferguson: -
See enclosed telegram.
I started a garage In Chicago, with the
understanding we would get a good rate.
tBaat can you do for us?
Louis A. Ferguson, Esq. ,
Second Vice-President,
Commonwealth Edison Co.,
120 Vest Adams Street,
Chicago, Illinois.
W. U. Barrett, Bsq., Pros.,
Adams Express Company,
59 Broadway, Hew York.
My dear Mr. Barrett
I am as you know 'the owner
of tne Lanaden Company and we hare don* everything
possible be make a good truck and giv* satisfaction
to our customers. But 1 fin* that it is impossible
to build a good vehicle and **11 it at a profit,
without doing a lot of things no white man should
do; so 1 have decided to step building any more
trucks,
Oct. 18th
».
w. u. Lysnar, Soq.,
Gisborne , H«w Zealand.
Hy dear Sir:-
?our letter of the 18th of August
regarding the storage battery eleotrlo oar received.
Enclosed herewith you will find copy of letter
from Mr. R. H. Beach the builder of the care .
I have hot the slightest doubt of
the success of the cars ae there are now fourteen
cars running in various parts of the United States,
three roadB having given second orders, and the
aaiars having thirty more on order.
Yours very truly.
Enclosure.
-COPY-
37*
Silver Lake, IT. J. Oct. 16th 1911.
Mr. Thos. A. Edison,
Orange, Sew Jersey.
My dear Mr. Edison:-
.Attached please find letter from
W. M. LyBnar, Mayor of Gisborne , Sew Zealand, we
have a contract from the City of Gisborne dated July
15th 1911 for two single truck cars. These cars are
to he equipped eat* with 105 oells of A8 battery.
We are at work on the cars and we believe from our
«tudy of the conditions at Gisborne that the cars will
4o their work satiefactorily. Hr. Harris the agent
for Sew Zealand is here and has been here for several
months in your battery plant with a view of equipping
hiaself with a technical knowledge so that he can
handle these batteries properly. He is coming down
here to work in a short time and will go out to Sew
Zealand with the cars and install them, we feel sure
that these cars will prove satisfactory. Think you
need have no heoitation In so advising Hr. Lyanar.
Yours truly,
(Signed) fi. H. Beach
President .
375
Oct. 18th XI.
My dear 5 ope
I am in receipt of your letter of
the 11th instant regarding the organization of the
Telephone PioneerB. I am eo far behind in work
that I could not poasibly attend the Banquet; hope
it will be a great buccbss.
With kindest regards, I am,
Yours very trulyT/1
To Henry W. Pope , Bsq. ,
15 Dey Street,
Mew York City.
Oct. 18, 1911
Ur
Mr* Honry B. Clifford,
c/o "/aldorf Astoria,
Vev; York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Hoplying to yours of tho loth inst.,
Mr. iitiaon directs me to write you that ho is making
Borland -Grar.nis Company,
310 East Huron Stroet,
Ohicugo, 111.
tierce n:-
Replying to yours of Sop
arding :’r. John H. Marklo, Hr. Sdl3
to write you that ho knew liarklo ir.
3 of electrical lighting as an ongi
up many sloctrie lighting stations
3 of an Engineering company. He har
ever, followed his career since then
Yours very truly.
413:
Oot. 19th, 1911
i.Ir. S. Bergraann.
23 Oudenarder Btraase,
Berlin, U. Germany.
Bear Bergman*!: -
.'.'hen you get Bench's hook back from Rnthnau please
send it to B. Bodor of the Buda Peete Eleotric Co. to look over.
I have jacked those battery people un and you will
be certain to get your plates In the time promised.
Did you get Kammerhof's letter quoting prices?
T reduoed the royalty to 40«f until you oan be making money
and cut off all general expense and added a very little profit.
Beach 1b getting lots of car orders; has 12 build-
ing and 19 running. There seems "fco he a big field for these cars.
m Wlll y°u please get all the data on the Electric
Taxicabs in Hamburg. City seems to be full of electric Taxis.
Get technical data and also Tudor prices and guarantees.
There is a concern in H or folk. Va. who are making
a great success. They are buying lots of batteries. Their
scheme is thiB.
They go into a town, put up posters announcing
they will exhibit the Edison System of Lighting Houses by
his new Storage Battery at the - Hall. Admission free.
Then they show 6, 8 and 10 Cell A-4, also B-4, with 4. 6 and
10 C.P. Tungsten Lamps 3/4 Watts per candle, and give their
prices and terms; they take lots of orders. They make the man
give a cash deposit and charge a monthly rental sufficient to
pay for battery in six years. I guarantee them five years.
Tne deposit is for full list price of the battery, to be re-
turned should he give up lighting his house by Eleotrio.
nAwk®y c^u,r8e the battery^p which costs 14 cents and chare*
him .jl.So. They send the cells by freight ana after two or
three weekB they ship another, which is to be used when tN
firsu one gets near discharge, -- and it is returned to jrorfolk
by _reight; one charge for ordinary farmer lastB over a Month.
418
Oct. 19/11
They generally put one 10 C.P. lamp in dining room, dine in
sitting room, 4 C.P. in hall and bearoomB, ns when they are
through dinner they turn out the light and go into sitting
room ami turn on the light; when thoy go to "bed they turn
that out and light bedroom light until they get to bed; this
is the farmer's way. Of co\irse, there are lots of beuter
class houses that use more light; then they use A-6 and
ship oftener.
They also ao same thing with tug boats, dredges,
yachts , and lately have put in fifty sets in automobiles in
llorfolk for lighting head and side lights, charging -A.10
for a charged battery. '.Then the owner thinks hiB lights are
low he goes to the garage and gets another battery that is
oharged. Host of them come to his little charging Btation
anc make the exchange. He makes them deposit the value of
the battery. This gives him back his working capital, and
the rent pays for battery before it dies. He says 'there is
no end to the amount of business as it is cheaper and better
than the Prestolite and everybody well pleased.
This is a fine chance for men with small capital.
*5,000 to build up a big bis. Already several have gone to
llorfolk to investigate and are going into it.
I find that since I left we havo sold 16 sets.
60 cells each with gas ana oil engines, for large private
houses in the country. Ana the boye aay it is going ro be
a big business, but I like the Horfolk Bcheme bes,, as its
bo easy; you don't ask anybody to invest money,- juet deposit
as surety which can be returned. The llorfolk man says ne
is sure they will never ask for return of the money.
rery truly.
440
Cfcas. K. Ba*tew,
4S0 Iwt Bleh Street,
ColnaliM, Ohio .
Dear Slr:-
Rep lying to your letter of the 85th
ultimo Ur. Bdleen directs u t* write you that
hw hae dlecerered the sethed ef dieeelTiag
Vzwte ef Seda tr. the feints, but a Hector Petecoea
of Hew York City u*»» tetra-wthylawBeuiuB hydroxide*
la caeee like this.
Yeur* rery truly,
Oct, £5th
E. Eelhen, Esq.,
care Kolbsn * Co.,
Prug-Vysaceo , Austria.
Py dear Kolben:-
Ia reply to your letter of the
11th ultimo X find in leaking up the contracts
that Bergmann has Germany and Austria-Hungary.
But it he dess nothing^ he will less his rights.
Bait a little while and see what he does.
Xeurs rery truly ,
I
464
Oot. 26th, 1911
Mr. E. S. Opdyke,
c/o Che Edison Crushing Roll Co.,
Stewartsville,-!'. J.
Dear Stra¬
in accordance with Ur. Mallory’s letter of the
26th Inst., we beg to advlso you that during this month to
date we have? received checks for royalty on~Rolls and for
other charges on account of the Rolls, as follows:- viz.
Oct. 7 Tomkins Cove Stone Co. (Sept.Royalty"Conkins Cove") §1025.23
9 Velltjy Island lime & Transport Co. , 146.99
a/c Salary * expenses J. Hcfadden 7/24 to 8/10
26 Kelleey Island lime k Transport Co.
Sept., royalty "White Rock" plant 365.36
’’ " ’’Marblehead" " 848.13
" " "» in-on" " 272.40
In future we will advise you promptly the receipt
of checks whi ch apply particularly against the Roll account,
and which will enable you to follow up collections to a better
advantage from your end.
eeh/es
Tours very truly.
October 26th, 1911
Mr. Thomas Bag less,
little Walsingham,
Norfolk, England.
Bear 3ir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of yi,ura
of September 4th also the book that you sent Mr. Edioon
for whioh he directs me to thank you.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
468
Ootober 26, 1911.
Dr. K. S. Frank,
Siemens & Halske ,
Room 408 West St. Bldg.,
90 West St. , Sew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours of the 23rd. , Mr.
Edison directs me to write you that he is at the Labora*
every day and that you can come at any time =ut Mou had
better telephone to make sure that he will he here. Cm
number is 908-Orange.
Yours vsry truly,
~J ^
seoretary.
M:H
470
0«t. 2T(k 11 .
Earxwni Wireless Telegraph Co. of iotrlca,
J. BottofclAJ , B»5. , Vice-President,
sw vuaiMD street, ir«w y°ric.
Pear Ur. BottoKiey:-
XhSxe leew to be s jrWf by
tire Government to put in storage batteries for
wireless. I suggest -jrfru tone over to the
Laboratory and Look truer our Works . Perhaps we
can stake none arrangement that would b$ mutually
beneficial. - -
YoUre very truly,
473
October 26 , 1911
Hobart Grau,
53 Elm Avenue.
Mount Vernon, fi. Y.
Dear Sir:-
Beplying to yours of the 26th inst.
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he will
make the same subscription for your book..
YourB very truly.
48<;
Ire U. Miller, Bb<i. ,
Air an , Ohio.
My Avar Ira:-
Your» of *1 la 2 1st iuetant receiTW*.
I am doing aozna •xparimonting as aereral late ef
law grade Colorado gold ore, at the inatlgatie*
of Mr. Clifford , with the ultimate view af
iaatalliug some of aur cement crushing machinery.
The problem ie a little teugh, hat I think I can
da it.
I hare no eennectien in a bueineae
way with Clifford, hut may hare later, if, °F«
inraatigatian, I find ha ia reliable.
X am enclosing herewith year
•noloeurae an requested.
Yours retry truly.
Pet. 27th 1913 •
\
m
Oct. 27th 11.
Harriet Harden Bar* a,
Jeckean Tark,
Chicage, XXUnoia.
Ky *eer Xadan:-
Tfcur letter ef the 24th in » tent
**c*iT*<i' 1 c Taint reccllactien a T
yeur brother at laglanaralie.
Tear sea ca» cane and eee the "
latnatny at Orange **y t tar
Te«r» rory truly.
/
October Slat 1911.
Ifr. J. R. Rineey,
Rewark, Raw Jar any.
Pear Bir
Hare la a list of the aaaata of the
Laneaan Coaqpany, and the prise at which they art
for mle:-
Machinery
Inetrumente and Toole
furniture * Fixture a
Patterns, Tenplates ft Plea
Prawiugs & Design*
Company' e Truaks in Uae
hater! ale ft Supplies
: Orders in Proeess
: Chassis and Bodiea
Cjaaplata Chaaaie ft Bodiea
♦»4ia.98
4416.46
4843.22
3116.06
23489 .90
89800.00
♦151338.33
Referring to the order* in process, ee
hare orders bonked amounting to ♦63,000.00, which
eould be turned orer to thepurekaser of the assets.
The Coagkany has been In existence over
•even years. It has sold a great number of sagons
which have given satisfaction, and Its name ant
prestige Is an asset of nek value.
yours very truly,
Treasurer.
491
act. amt. ii-
Ill* Boont* H. Stoker,
TO Irrlng Plaea,
Saw York. City.
Swt «i*» W»e«;-
Saplyin* to your lattar of
tha £6tk lE*t*nt *aqu«fctiag an irrtarria* vlth
In. -Miaftn, ojs »H*r Iigireaaioii** of tkO
Bur^«*n tr J® , *•£ to WOT that K»< ******
ohfrcta to giriu* inVsxTiaw*.
Yofur» ■*ery truly.
Mr. Robert T. logier,
120 Broadway,
H. Y. C.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter ol* the 30th
ult., regarding a gathering of the old Edison men,
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that your suggestion
is all right, hut you must not have it later than Feb.
11th, as after that Sate he goes to Florida.
Yours very truly.
M:F
SECRETARY. -
50
Hr. Arthur B. Heave,
225 fifth Avo.,
New York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 2Bth ult., regarding
your hook on scientific detective stories, Kr. -Edison
directs rco to write you that he will be very pleased to re¬
ceive a copy of the work when printed. Ho says if you want
points for those kind of stories, you had better drop over
and see hie: some time*
‘fours very truly.
M:F
SBC RE TAB Y,
509
Hov. 1, 1911
Ur. l<’rank X.. Wilson,
c/o Wilson Consolidated Mining Co.,
Salt lake City, Utah.
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to yours of the 26th ult., ro-
garding hisouth, Mr. Edison directs me to write you that
he is not in the market yet for it, because of some un¬
known reason. He gets good results at times and at other
times the results are poor, if he can find the reason
ho shall want considerable bismuth.
Yours very truly,
V.f SECRETARY.
51
How. 4th 1911.
H. E. Heitman, Esq.,
Fort Myers, Florida.
Dear Slr:-
Replying to your letter of the 27th
ultimo Hr. Edison directs me to write you that
It will he all right to build the fence as
mentioned by you and to hire an extra man to
help Zeeman.
He says he will attend to the sprinklers.
Tours very truly.
Assistant Secretary.
51
Hoy. 3rd, 1911
Br . Joseph Insull,
190 Bartlett Ave.,
Pittsfield, Mass.
Dear Mr. Insull
•Your favor of the 29th ult. \mB received. In reel}
1 would say the proposition referred to in the advertisement
o overs an idea of starting a number of men in business for
themselves , using their own capital, as agents in exclusive
territory, for promoting the use of my storage battery for
lighting isolated residences beyond reach of gas or electric
mains, either by rent'-l of batteries, or with batteries charged
with small generating outfit. Such a business will niece a
man also in line for supplying my batteries for lighting and
sparking gasoline automobiles, and for recharging these sets.
Bo would also be in a position to take an agency for electric
trucks and pleasure vehicles, and for charging batteries gen¬
erally. There are also a great number of other uses for the
battery, os you will see by enclosed list. These will be
open to the operations of such agents. Beside, there arc some
other things coming along, which will fall in lino for their
energies.
At this immediate present I am interviewing a
519
J>1- <2) Uov. 3/11
number of Hev; York and near by applicants in order to size
up the pousibilitieB of the idea. In a short time the matter
'.vill be crystallised and then I shall be in position to send
you written particulars in detail.
Your 8 very truly, -
c—-
520
Hovember 6th 1911.
To Whom It May Concern: -
The bearer Thomas Conroy
ha.8 been employed by me as Coachman continously
for over twenty five years. Hta work was always
satisfactory, and there is no better coachman, in
my opinion.
He leaves of his own accord.
f' y3i>«mttS Cl
Hovember 7th IX.
My dear Bergmann
Yours of October 24th at
hand. It la impossible to quote any lower
prices than given, without actual Iosb, and
I cannot do this, aB I have outside stoek-
holders In the Battery Company and do not
own it all.
You say the iron, is too
high— that you can mate it cheaper. Ton can
probably make iron cheaper, but not the kind
of iron we make. We buy pure Horway iron,
pure sulphur acid, crystalise our sulphate
three times and take the greatest precaitions.
Make 1200 pounds dally, pay $1.50 wages and
$2.26 for the foreman. Without the iron is
made exactly right, I would not guarantee the
life for four years, as I do now.
You ask me to quote on
nickel hydroxide . This shows you intend to
continue with the factory. How you can ever
win out, when you aye possessed with the idea
that you must compete on price with the lead
53
bsittsry 1b more than I can figure out. Your
present methods and ideas will certainly make
it impossible for you to succeed. You will
gain considerable experience from what I am
doing in Prance and England . I have arranged
to carry a stock of about one thousand, cells
in '.Umdon, and the same in Paris, with an
expurt tester, and keep this stock up.
The firm in Paris who are to
merchandise the battery pay full list-price
for battery, less 80 peroent off. They pay
forty aents royalty and also pay custom duty.
Thi(» makes the cell high in France , but the
firm, who are engineers, and who are perfectly
familiar with both the lead and Bdlson battery,
aay, that the price of the Edison will be no
handicap, as by it they are enabled to open
up a very large business in directions where
the peculiarities of a lead battery make it
impassible .
In England we have a large
bus ins sb in eight, s specially from engineering
concerns, who are using and are familiar with
the lead battery.
I am sure my advice to you, 1b
correct about doing the business, but in
addition get * good business man to work up the
53<
■ailing «nd.
You rm rary truly,
m —
3. BergmMin, Esq. ,
23 Oud.ena.rder Str. ,
Berlin, 5. Germany.
spp pp
Replying to y-urs of the 7th inst. regarding
n telle me you hr.d better keep him on and do the t>
he done until he gets down there. He is no >7 tryin
other man end he will not expect the place to he ai
sunl.
Vours very truly.
!,
57
Nov. 7 th 1911.
American Museum of Safety,
29 West 39th Street,
New York City.
Gentlemen
I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your very kind invitation of the 4th.
instant, Inviting me to membership on
the American Honorary Committee, and
while X appreciate the honor thus intended
to be conferred on me, I cannot accept, as
X do not like to go on honorary committee*.
Yours wery truly,
of the 3 0th oil
[ bag tc state 1
■taper:
in business for thsiase nes
in exalt) si vs territory -f'0)
i for lighting isolated rs:
:rio trains either by rents,
oiiarged with small genera!
mid also place a man in r
;ing and sparking gasoline
:s. iie would also be in a
•io trucks and pleasure vel
number
Ltal as
:he operati
At the present time LSr. Ec
of iie\-! fork and nearby applioantt
jility of the idea. In a short t'i
the 30th inst,
Dinr.or,
going
ttili
Nov. 15th 11,
My dear Mr. fiarjes:-
I have refrained from
writing you about the battery until I had
gone over the matter very carefully and
decided what to do. While in Europe I
have closely observed thing* and I find
that it would be impossible to urge the
investment of any money in manufacturing
the battery, either in France or England,
until a certain preliminary introduction
of the battery had been made through a
small merchandizing channel i whereby a
demonstration and creation of a demand
was inexpensively brought about.
There is no doubt that
there will be an enormous opening for the
creation of new business all over Europe,
by this battery, but it would be too *
expensive to do it in the usual way; for
instance aB Bergmann has done.
590
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I have arranged to keep
a constant supply of batteries in Parle
and London. Kr. Eonnot will go ahead,
engine or , demonstrate and introduce them
gradually, and create a market large enough
to warrant the erection of a factory.
I have asked Eonnot
that, when he has demonstrated to everyones
satisfaction, that certain large projects
are very desirable in a banking point-of-
view, that he shall lay the thing before
you and your group to become interested.
I am anxious that
anyone who goes into any projects, (based
on anything invented by me) shall not meet
with loss, but always with profit.
Vith kind regards , I am,
Youtb very truly,
Herman H. HarjeB, Esq.,
31 Boulevard Haussmann,
Paris, Prance.
V
dov. 16th 11.
Hr. S. G. Varner,
o/o The College of the City of Hew York,
Department of Chemistry,
Dew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Ur. Edison directs me to write you
that he will accept your proposition, hut that
he cannot promise that the position will he
permanent, although he anticipates that it
will he.
He would like you to start as soon
as possible, although he knows you desire to
give some rvotic.e to your present employers.
He has the camera.
Yourfl very truly,
Secretary.
6Cfo
liov.
17th, 1911
The American Telephone and 'Jeleeraph Co.,
15 3cy 3t.,
Mew York City.
Attention of
Mr. e.J. Corty,
_ Chief 3ng •
Gentlemen: -
Replying to yours of the 16th inst., Mr. Sdison
airecte me to write yon to send Mr. Morehouse over any time
to look into his storage battery. He hadhetter telephone
out to make cure that Mr. ridison will he here.
YaurE very truly.
CKCP.KTAKY ,
609
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-J r ' Hov. 15 th 11.
Isaac Harkens, Esq. ,
62 Beaver Street,
Hew York City.
My dear Sir:-
your pamphlet at hand and
I have read it with interest. The Jews
are certainly a remarkable people, as
strange to me in their isolation from all
the rest of mankind, as those mysterious
people called Gypsies.
While there are some
tt. moment He get. Into Art, ®.le,
and Literature the Jew is fine. The
trouble with him is that he has been
persecuted for centuries by ignorant,
malignant bigots and forced into him present
characteristics, and he has acquired a
sixth sense, which gives him an almost
unerring Judgement in trad, affairs.
Having this natural advantage
over tie fellow he taken too great
an advantage of it and got himself disliked
by many , as I saw in Europe.
I 'believe that In America,
where he is free, that in time be *ill ceaae
to be bo clannisb and not carry to such
extre ernes bie natural advantagea.
I write you thie as I can
aee from the tone of your hook that you
are trying to uphold the honor of the
Jewish race.
Yours very truly..
618
4 ' l""
Hov. fOth, 1911
iii-. Percy ’taxman.
Flatiron 313 g.t
Uev; York City.
Bear Sin-
Replying to yours of the 17th inst., regarding
educational films, Ijr. Edison directs ne to write you that
he will have the films and apparatus set up in the laboratory
next month. You can drop him a note and he i»ltl let you ’-nov:
v, hen you can cone to see them.
Yours very truly.
Mu.. .
7Ti”,.:/T5S
SECRETARY
620
1911
LI;; lioar Grai’--
Sinoe my return I have taken up the direction oj
the Musical ernl of the new disc, because we have no head to
the musical end of our recording department, and our selection
of people, arrangement of voices, selection of instruments to
accompany, has always been left to a man who I do not think
is equal to the duty. Y/e use bands when they should be or¬
chestras. Y/e keep instruments in our orchestra which hurt
the whole by beating and interfering with the* other instru¬
ments. '.Ye accompany a singer with a loud strident blast,
when it should be soft and mellow. Our men play out of time:
they do not tune well and we get beats. We have a flute that
on high notes gives a piercing abnormal sound like machinery
that wants oiling, because the man has had this defective
.lute for years. It is not in any other orchestra that we
,v,-0 records of. Hone of the men we have can recognise a
„c,od from a bad opera singer; they think if they sing at the
retronolitan Opera House they are fine, whereas it is notorious
that many o.C them are press agent singers or are great on dra¬
matic eartB , their singing being indifferent. They select and
record opera which is merely recltltive . without tune or con-
fcion when put on the phonograph. They ao nou reoarse nun,
ong which, with the aid of the environment of the stage- an
scenery night he good, is dead and of no value on the phe
ph v/her o the atmosphere of the stage is ehcent. The "id
in fact, all wake the same mistake. They ®'’ke another nr
:e and think that because n singer la good on the stage he
1 he goon on the phonograph. This is not the oase, hecaui
> phonograph exaggerates the tremolo which is present in n
every voice. It also misses some of the weaker overtones
ich sive hesuty to the voice; some singers nave strong ove
oes and others weak, although the former nay have lose vol
1 have been going over all cur records .-.iy .a
already gone through 30G0 subjects to got a broad
,5 the aid of several people ho are opera goers ana are
th the music and are themselves musicians. Out of this
have selected about 25C tunes to be put on the new ds<
Lso have listened to several hundred Victor discs of tn<
a tod in good music and I want you to help we, a
ietftte to our record deportment just what they
I aw now studying the "oreirn records. -
v)g O1.o fine barytone in your Portuguese records named 3*3.
ilso a tonor, whose name I cannot just at t-iis moment . toa
cvtreiaeiy fine voices for our high-grade work an
i many places tv, Europe
( 3 )
Hires Vienna. 3xun, Berlin, etc., where there are schools of
music "or teaching singing; that there ore local opera houses
Where there are permanent singers. It is among those thut
I think wo shall find some fine voices suitable for us ana
especially for concerted pieces, like Higoletto and Lucia
Sextette. I propose to depend upon the quality of the records
and not on the reputation of the singers. There are, of course,
many people who will huy a distorted, ill-reoorded and scratchy
record if the singer has a great reputation, hut there are in-
! beauty of the record, with
.cos, well instrumented and no scratch. inese are .10.
music and are the only constant and continuous buyers
rds hence I propose to put out only this type, (even
will answer , are Carmen Helies , Ear g arete nylvaa. Agnosre uui ,
Pallia . Selma Kura has the finest voice of ail in her line, but
I understand the Victor and Oramaphone have secured her exclu¬
sively. This is too bad. The greatest contralto in this world
•is, in my opinion, SaUia. and if you can tie her up. we have
the star of the contraltos. I suppose Eurs is gone beyond
recall.
I see Hunriorstein in London has started his Op*--
62u
'„a- . 0. (41 llov, FO/ll
H on bq and hm. grout success. Ho starts out with announcement
that he will use no stars in the Opera World and will put on
new talent. He iB a genius and a fine musician himself.
Doubtless you can manage to get some test vecords from his
talent and send them over. If O.K. we could tie them up, or
get tlie best of their repertoire. I do not intend to r.&y great
sums for exclusive, but prefer to pay good price for say 12
records from their particular repertoire which we will select.
These v/ill do for list and for advertising purposes and last
for two or three years, putting one out nov; and then. If tlio
Victor then gat them I do not much care, as they are in our
catalogue permanently and about all the good things they have
to offer. The Victor would simply get duplicates and, perhaps,
a little addition to their repertoire now and then, but they
would he under big expense, whereas v:e would not, auu we wculo
bo free to find other singers with the money we saved. Uy im-
nr ess ion is that i, singer ’would be more easily enticed to give
the dozen songs by a large lump sum down, and no tie up, than
by a continuing contract with much less' at first ami promises.
I will arrange a list of pieces I want recorded
and send them to you to see what you can do. If 1 on cni-d . ir...
a. professional musician .familiar with instrumentation of all
hinds and of Opera and singers, and who would act ns consult¬
ing musician to you upon the payment of a modest salary for
giving you advice, or a sum per hour for each consult.! ..ion,
it might be a good th-ng for us. This could be done In Vienna
and perteps other cities, and the expense not he great.
625
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■ Vi; '
{ (
1 Bovemher 20th 11 •
My dear Btrgmann:-
I told you In Berlin that Xammerhof
wae here , and that your men could writ, him and got any
Information about no* thing* you wanted, and I al.o
told you about the new batt.ry orato. *h« ia»
Bargmann, your men don’t take. advantage of tjri-e-*-X
opportunities: you better go oyer that* and raise hell.
You must know that we are very buoy
. . _«rrf Your men must ask and
and don’t know what you want. Iour ““
we will give full information and send models, if you
request it«
The new tray la a fine improvement,
„ the bottoms of the cans are raised one-half inch;
««. .111 » vary Ut.l. **“*
in wet places.
Please tell your men not to offer
of Q.n-w — ...tru-E^y, *■ I
„ J.JpplM . UK ™u or cell, to lonion U
yfce** t will keep a permanent supply.
. ,:%■ :
s
PBR80HAL.
626
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X h*v» connection* «»*r there that v«y
good, and from to* results which I **p«et they «Bt
you will derive great advantage , because they will obow
tbs boot way to Mil th* good*. They intend to UM the
battery to bring out some thing* which ar* rather large
affair*. The battery being a minor part, moot of the
application* will be to things where lead batteriee
are hnpo.eible. Konnot of Parle, le one of th* technical
men. Proa their effort* you will get (without cent)
the beat line for operating in Germany.
I sell the batteriee, P.O.B. London and Parle,
a* they are taken from my stock for epot cash. I taow
what profit 1 «* going to make, hare only one men to pay.
H* form, the batteries up and ship* and divide* hi. time
between London and Pari*. The partis* pay for war.-houe*
and all other expenses.
You should have your battery man write Walter
Holland, our electrician of th* JSdi.on Storage Battery
Co. for explanation of all kinds; about llthia and
.tuff coming out of pockets. Meet of the stuff is the
nickel oxide in toe little indents outside of toe tub.
wnich stick, in, in filling the tube in the machine.
Hothing should ever come out of toe tube it.elf , except
in oases where they have neglected to put the right
sffiuat ss. lias* a-mm at iaE!S~
a th.y i.r. of »• *m
out .M ». =.11. .Ill ** ** “*
„ . II PMW* am a Jfltsiish «■»* *»• *a'“tl“
627
B - » "
of the litb.1* In the faotory forming *• ch«ok«4 by tbr**
different men. Our t.*t. here .how «h*t it i. ««***»
that truck batterie. can be guaranteed for three tal
yeare, -all our long endurance teste shoe four yeare.
Actual use in Hearn and company', truck., efcich bare now
been running within two and on-half months of three
yeara, etlll have their full capacity.
lately I mo guaranteeing four (4) yeare, on the
b..i. that if tb. battwr «.■«• 100 — 1 tw"
,„ara to b. onpabl. of |hW -»»*■ «» “*
rated capacity. If It tall, rtthln thf. V»» ««
,.t baok twonty-fiv. p.r.«t of tb. 100 ,.»•»* **“'
Tb. otb.r day I ..at oyar and wont ane-balf
day »ltb your old frl.nd «•••»• 1 “14 ““
battefl.B fat — ««-«.
tb.» ft f oat yaata. >» * *»* 1 “* d°
anything tb.to and I etart.d to find oat .by. » round
raf. eldctrlalan noald not ». «*—
told rat thw -f ~ good .»d a ft of ««>" If-
rat lnv.otlgatod and fund hi. <•» — ™
in tt. oonc.tn that .old bl> *1 tb. batftl... »•
old nan got bl. natch Of and t.ld hi. »n that If b.
to 1..P bl. lob to got oat of tb. con..f. an
that h.roaft.r b. .» going « an. Odl.oa batt.tl..
exclusively.
n find that tb. Blsotrlo Storag. batt.t, Co.
Pbll.d.lpbl.-b. a WW
a.Ut.tf d.partn.nt dffUUl.. all «•! “* *"»**•
628
B - 4 -
giving ten peraent oommiasion on tfco battarie* and
fifteen (415,00) dollar* for each renewal. Of oourae
1 had no ahow against thin kind of robbery. But three
concerns hate discharged their super intends at* and Hearn
find Company hah their men in Jail. X was told by a man
who worked Tor the Tudor Company in England and Germany
that they do the Bane thing. X think that it is a fine
thing for me, because when I unearth it, the concern
never will buy a lead, battery again.
Beach is full of ordess— has taken another
building.
Xn the morning X will see about shipping
the tubes mentioned in the letter of lovember 6th.
About guaranteeing by mileage --don't do it.
You then guarantee the truck. Generally the trucks are
rotten. Just guarantee that the battery will, at the
end of three years be capable of giving within ten(lO^)
percent of its RATED capacity. Bite the word
e A p a b x. b l This means— that on account of dirty
or bad watsr , you may have to charge 15 or 20 minutes
more at the end of the third year, that has nothing
to do with the mileage of the truck, because the battery
even at the end of three years always has 20 to 25 percent
mors capacity than what l. usually used for trucking, and
they need, not charge any acre , as they ueually over-dharge
anyway.
629
After you hay* been dolhg business fok a
couple of year* anft the thousand* of truck* over her*
hare paeaed th* tvc-and- three-quarters to thr«« y«ar*
all right, you oan raise tho guarantee to four yoars and
*o on.
Bhrat’a load batteries laet ulna month*, that
la tha average of hundred*. H« uaa* fire-ton truck* and
It* hard on l*ad hatt*ri**; hat duet what w* want for ours.
Regard log the item about paaeenger cars. The
Information you want 1* In 'Beach* a hook. Beeide*, your
engineer can easily find that out without writing ua to
give him information about German oara we never saw.
Ihy don’t he aak ue what the drop of Voltage would he on
A Vo. 4 wire from Bergaann to Rathnau’e office, with a
request that we should forward from Orange the exact
distance, in kilometers, between Honorable Bergaann’*
and Honorable Bathnau’s.
With kindest regard*, I «n.
Your* very truly.
8. Bergaann, B*q.,
4 Beast* retraeee,
Berlin, V* Germany.
638
COUPIDBHTIAL .
Sit. 21* t 1*11.
V. 3. Andrew*, Baq. ,
General Bl*o trio C#.,
Schenectady, Haw York,
iiy dear Andrew*
Y*ur* *f to* 17to r*c*iw*d.
Han't aaod to* rectifier; haw* an* *f *t*r an itarm
•that work* fin*. I an going back, into to* electric
business again, ta show **m* p**pl* that I re**nt
treatment recelrod. Thia deea net apply t* yn^-
peraenally.
Yaura Tory truly.
B4i
JUrember 15 th 1911.
•=e ®tpy =
Kr . J. P. Mermot,
Paiie, Franc* ,
Hear Sir:-
C*sfirealng sur -warieue eanreroatieaa
in the nattar «f Xu rap tan ropreetntation of
Edison Storage Battery- Company
■With th* exception *f Germany and.
Austria, and th* sale of hatt*xi*» for Got-
ernniont use, you are to b* the exclue ir*
European representative of th* Edison Storage
Battery e*s3>a»y in the sal* of th* Edison
Storage Battery, *n basin as outlined in th*
letter «ddr*ss*d by hr. T. X. Dyer, Vice-pres¬
ident of th* Edison Stor*g» Battery Company ,
in Octsbsr 1911, to hr. Cromelia, of London,
and of which you ha-re a copy.
All inquiries from said Countries
coming to the Edison Storage Battery Company
or hr. Croat I in, are t» be forwarded to you
for attention.
This arrangonent is to endure as
lang as your result* are satisfactory te me.
Teure truly,
November 26, 1911*
oo Mitchell Chappie,
Boston. Mass.
Mr. Cliapple;-
! was honored with an Invitation
btend the reception tendered to yon and U8.
ple on your Twenty Fifth wedding anniversary,
the pressure of a thousand and one business
ers made it impossible for me to be present.
Although somewhat belated, I
i to of for ay sincere oonerotulationa to iW-
ond your.olf ns you enter into yonr Wonty
matrimonial yoer. »nd .Wo to 1.1. y«
h may see many more anniversaries togcthgn
_ I
‘6. 1911,
the 15th instant,
int photographs which yon
ton tier to yon ray thanks
the finest examples
truly,
Yours
N07. 28th, 1911
Mr. Si grata d Bergmann,
c/o The Borgmarm Electrical Works ,
S3 Oudenarder StrasBe,
Boi-lin, Germany.
My Bear Bergmann
Beplying to your favor of the 9th instant in re¬
gard to early forms of ry plntinumiridium laraps with long
filaments attached at various pointB, I suggest that you look
up figure 5 of toy United States Patent IIo. 214,637, issued
April 22, 1879. You night also examine ny United States Patent
llo. 227,227, issued May 4th, 1880. In this caBe, long lengths
of platinurairidium v/ire were wound in coils which were grouped
together. The coils were connected in series hy wires ns
shown in Figure 4 of the last named patent.
As I understand it, theso two references ought
to answer your purpose. I do not vno'.v of any models of these
old lamps around the laboratory. Undoubtedly they wore dis¬
carded years ago. Slue <-/ & /'’*■" <ft fo f< > ■ >
i{. Yours very truly.
68,
W. C. Anders op, Esq., Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
My dear Anderson: -
Replying to youra of the 23rd
instant would say that the tests on yo^rcar were
s SL.-rsar
£,*£& 3*S S»*«
transmitting mechanism when subjected tt> mcreaseu
stresses.
If a 60 volt motor is the standard
in a truck to cover grades, wiqr is it not a
pleasure vehicle? The dTop of voltage on a 6
eiu&sff jsss~
srffis •SfiSrs ss/arwris. ««.
Regarding American Enpress.
I saw the manager, and it will not he so ®aeyf or
the Iron Clad to fool him hereafter. He knows he
has been misinformed.
As regards the Adams Express
Company, I do not think they will buy, but ft**
build their own electrics. aKO *~^<L
' g - Yours very truly.
U\fU. *** 1
695
December 2, 1011 •
H. M. Byllesby*
206 So. La Salle Street,
Chicago , Illinois*
fcy deer Bylleeby : »
Your far or of the 28th ult .
received, t have very much to do , having more than
290 experimental eho depend tg>on me dally for
directions , and j go away It greatly disturb*
the organization and nfe*elf.
Am getting old and more and
store like to stay at home. Hoe%v*r, If I can
arrange matters, I will go to bo with you the last
day.
With kind rega^ (
Yours very trulj^
. rf.w-
Believe me,
696
December 2, 1911-
Th0“ao/^rMiMna9«Bl5*oh<l,ft»
Ity dear Graf : -
Can Adelaide Patti .till *****
Vould it be possible to get a few “L^*r *onea
on the new Disc before .be paesee away.
Also can we get something from
Jiary Anderson (Krs . Sararro] in
Sand and was our greatest actre.8?
Aleo Duse the Italian actress.
Ve shall need some of Sarah
Bernhardt's for the new disc also.
Yours very truly.
CJ~-
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-088 (1911-1912)
This letterbook covers the period December 1911 -March 1912. Most of
the correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also some
letters by George A. Meister and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items
relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline
storage battery in the United States and Europe, including the pursuit of
financial backing from J. P. Morgan & Co. and the use of batteries in
automobiles, locomotives, and safety lamps for miners. There are also letters
pertaining to Edison's phonograph and motion picture businesses, the choice
of suitable music and singers for phonograph recordings, and the
development of educational films-a project for which William W. Dinwiddle
was hired during December 191 1. In addition, there are letters to Charles M.
Schwab of the Bethlehem Steel Co. referring to a visit with Edison at his
laboratory by the Argentinian naval delegation; Max U. Schoop, pioneer
developer of thermal spray devices for coating metals, regarding his proposal
to treat phonograph plates with nickel tinsel; and physician and author Joseph
Grandson Byrne concerning his medical survey on the causes of seasickness.
There is also a letter pertaining to Edison's collaboration with Henry B.
Clifford, who sought to use Edison's mining and milling technologies at sites
in Colorado. Other letters mention the final illness of Mary Valinda Miller,
Edison's mother-in-law; the preservation of laboratory buildings from Menlo
Park- and the fate of other old machinery and equipment. There are also
inquiries concerning either Edison's proposed poured concrete house or its
model; correspondence with New York sculptors Frank E. Elwell and James
Earl Fraser; and letters relating to books read by Edison or added to his
library, the inventor's donations to charities, his membership in organizations,
and his reminiscences about acquaintances from earlier in his career. A few
letters discuss the work of former employees.
The front cover is marked "T.A. E. Letter Book From December, 4, 1 911
To March, 6, 1912." The spine is marked with similar information, along with
the number "27." The book contains 700 numbered pages and an index.
Approximately 15 percent of the book has been selected.
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pec. 4, 1911
Ui.BE Frances a. Culveard
Kanager's Office, _
Western Union Telegraph Co.,
Louisville, ”y«
Dear Kiss Calveard:-
X recently received your memorandum and the Kostor
of the Western Union Telegraph Company at Louisville, .-.cntuc^y
in Tjovenher, 1666, and hog to than’: you for you/ ic.rnl t..n.£~
fulness in sending it. It is very interesting to me end re¬
calls the days of long ago. I remember every one of troj.en
,,hoeo names are mentioned on this roster. I suppose man.
them here passed away. ;
Yours very truly.
14
Dr. Georae ?. Kunz,
The National Arts Cluh,
14 Crane rcy Park,
Hew York City.
Dear Dr. Xunz:-
I an in receipt of your esteemed favor of the
ssr^&ssag 5s%.0,s » sass
frier, ds.
In regard to making reoorflB I wauifl Bay^fW_
your information that I an under agreement with the hono
graph Company not to make any records of my voice, so _
have never done it.
With all good wishes for the success of your
Association in its work. I remain
Yours very truly.
tas/ks
15
Dec. 7th, 1911.
Mr. Alfred Diehmann.
36 V or rent St.,
Brooklyn, H.Y.
Dear Sir:-
Ur. Bee. and also Mr. Botirgimrdee, have Been
tolli„e „ ahcut yo« electric vehicle. -I the fair .hoc
yo'J have Been giving my new Battery.
forty years J have ***** ** « »«• »«««“
t„ introduce ay nec thief., he.eu.c they yeu.relly ehteyouiee
a lot of people oho have nonoy inveBtod, and I tra very froto-
mi to those who treat ne fairly.
I went over to see Khret's Brewery the other clay,-
the first I have ever seen. How, suppose yon and your father
jump into an automobile and come over to see a laboratory,
j think we can show you come interesting things. You can
make the trip in one hour. If you decide to come, say. next
week, ask on telephone if I will he home, and, if so, come
right over at any hour convenient to you.
Yours very truly,
TAE/K£
16
Deo. 7th, 1911
V. K^ttredge,
... vorl: Central l- Hud non River
Grand Central f rminnl.
Co. ,
:zy Dear KeV radge
your kin;’ invitation of the let
to he one
cr tho of Mor »* m Urn* of « rootaoloey CM
of tfW.-' fort: ~!p. ;; received and much appreciated.
January 13th 1*. « long off. PoBOihly I can
find time, howvor, to drop in and neo the hunch of ’’Glide
Rulers" on the occasion mentioned, hut you will vro^ly
remember that I never spea1: in public.
Yours very truly ,
tab/ps
is
-t Doc. 7th, 1911
Albert Walker , Ssq.,
13 Park Row.
Mevf York City.
Dear I’r . Walker
I have received from yon a complimentary c opy
of your hook on the History of the Sherman Daw. and thank yon
therefor. In my opinion your work is a model of concise state¬
ment of facts.
Before receiving the copy which you wero kina
enough to send me, I already had the hook and have been
reading it assiduously. The vagaries of the mental apparatus
of mankind, as shown in laws and their interpretation, hrve
a peculiar ohai-n for me. and I love to study them.
Vours very truly.
34
V A f
Dec. eth 11.
Mr. Etienne de Pedor,
Budapest 1 Altaian#* Villamoeeagi Reervenytareaeag ,
VII, Kazinosy-utcza 19, Budapest, Hungary.
Dear Sir:-
Rep lying to your lot ter of the 15th ultimo
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he cannot
understand Bergmann'e Company'# advice. E*r the
same mileage the space for the Edison Battery is
just the same as the l#ad and the weight about one-
half. You cannot substitute Edison for load without
changing the voltage of yeur motor.
You had better do nothing with the cabs
until Mr. Edison gets the machinery ready te make his
"cab type" battery and develop## a taxi-cab for London
and Paris, which he is now doing and vdaich will be
practical.
Replying to your connnuni cation regarding
the concrete house proposition, Mr. Edison d*sir#s
me to say that the iron mould* are n#t yet ready*.
IHhen they are he will eehd you full particular# .
Yours very truly.
8eo#<»tary*
4;
V f'-.V
c
Yj, viilliajE L. Moffat,
31 Fulton St.,
Eew York City.
Dear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 6th inst. , reading
the Berkshire ,hite Portland Ce.ent Co.. Mr- Bdison direct,
,, to write you that no ce.ent project in the present stat,
-f -the industry looks attractive.
yours very truly,
,, <v. // ,
H
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I.
Dec. 12th 11.
Brentano's,
5th Ave . at 27th St.,
Uew York City.
Dear 8irs:-
Kindly discontinue sanding the various
periodicals sent to Mr. 3. 0. Edison, 98 Glenwood
Avenue, East Orange, New Jersey, terminating with
the December 1911 issue , as mentioned in your
letter of the 4th instant.
Renew for the year 1912 the same
publications sent to Mrs. Marion B. Oeser during
the year 1911 and send the bill for the same to
the Laboratory.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Dec. 15th 11.
C. T. JoneB , Bsq. ,
Grand Hotel,
Broadway & 31st St . ,
Kew York City.
ISy dear Sir
Your very kind invitation of the 11th
instant to attend the lecture and moving picture of
"Buffalo JoneB" roping animals in America and Africa
received. I am afraid I will not he able to accept-
it being so near to Christmas.
Can’t you come over to the Laboratory
our things before you leave Hew York?
Youra-vefy truly.
and see
Deo. le/ii
Mr.
3d ward Marnhall,
446 West J?3rfl St.,
How YorV City.
Dear Sir:-
Knolosed herewith I nn sending you article
I wish to state that I am "'or king or. a now
Conor ic law to r enlace the Sherman Act. hut it will take me
some time to complete same. However, when ready will lot you
Toiow.
youra very truly.
tae/ks
D«c. 15th 1911
!
ire. GibbB & Hill,
Pennevlvania Station,
Now York City.
Your letter of the 7th instant re?»i7*d*_ J'iooo®
S*S |s f™? '
rjr s\srris s
itself.
Thev required sufficient storage in **« tottery
to“iaaS lines. The locomotive then drops its
Sfi'blS' ^S^opS^r*^ SLgedJ^ifty mi^u?es
f|hs srsjrx.-s.iss: -runs.1-- -
The whole investment to electrify will J^^twenty
If you require further information will be uleased
Yours very truly,
109
Strictly personal.
My dear Mr. Nichols
Yours of the 15th instant received.
I already have a history of yoar "hole Career, and «•
far as I an concerned it is favorable. ^ — — —
Yours very truly , ^
W. W. Nichols, Esq.<
71 ^roadway,
New York.
Dee. 11.
Dr. Joseph. Byrne ,
29 Test 61** Street,
Dew York City.
„„ w yo» — - «• «k — * 1
„.e t. „.tt TO® »»-““• “* “““*
tiJjretl>:’ , on the see -before the age
! w you " ««“ “
of ten?
A" or aanwated hr »«ing*»
*"*" „ WMBM oo«ri»»o u, ^
3 n- Xe your **r trowu*
A- »***■• M__ ,,ot (pirouetting of
♦ v *g %?&£&& SI**“4’
x- only aiz*y. •*>
V. ,..1L,iiu would »*ke you dizzy »r
5 O- X>* yeu thlnkeucb. turning *oui
souseated noev
Yeur* Y**S trBly*
Secretary-
126
jg. x. Idleon, m*.
Salisbury, Mm*1***-
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,., 1» *rtW »«“• ~ ”“ '"”** .
“*w* •”’** tZZ. ««». -« « »«■ «*« rr,igM-
mo ohippeT t« pay r« cratW5’ 0,
this to fc« th* e*M Bbipjxd {pr*J>*id) el.tb*p
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Von Clit* * ®- 3r- « CM«urd« 3*.
qotna & co. ,,,,
<&»«*** M&- ****** **
131
Doo, 19th, 1911.
Mr.
H . J. Force,
Chemist, I). h.
Scranton
Co.
Dear Sir:-
’.Vhon you made rne a visit some tine ago, ’.vo had
a conversation ahont storage battery locomotives for nines,
ana you nay remember I explained to you how entirely unneces¬
sary it is to have an overhead trolley outside. In this con¬
nection let me ash you to look Over the mailed article in
-'Mining science" of December 7th. 1911. which I am forward¬
ing by this mail. This bears out what I then tola you. It
would seem to me that it is worth while for your people to
look into this. Possibly they have been afraid of experiment¬
ing too extensively.
Yoiirs very truly.
tae/ss
132
The
Cunningham Piano Oo.,
50th ”>t. ?' Parksido Ave . ,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Gentloraon:-
Your favor of the 18th instant is roc Rived,
in reply I beg to say that there will he no trouble in mak¬
ing highly artiatic piano cases. I am now raking phono
graph cabinets like the viotrola and others, but far finer.
This style of cabinet is illustrated in The Furniture world
of December 14th. which you have undoubtedly seen.
I expect to be in a position in a few months
to license manufacturers.
YourB very truly.
tae/ks
138
jymc • 21 at 1®H
P. Ho cra*mt^n>
care Edlaon Mwntfacturiag <*,»
TiUMilB Juneii*»>
tendon, Sngl^nd*
M" Slr:K. »«, — X- - - -
— l" wl“*- ~
relating ^ihite. One *«*• «•
Rules, Regulate **A ytasneisl
he 8*3r*-» -111 _ truly.
Yeurs -rery truly,
141
Deo. 1911.
159
Dec. rs/ll
Washington Street,
Columbus, Indiana •
Denr Sir:-
iy '
Your fa
rtr. f « «»-
: the of
yr ?.» 'f"’ ®° w“ ”
ness ever since tee tan foi-
T m ul*/nvB cj-Rtifiefl to bear from our enthusi¬
astic salesmen of which ”nd to'consratulate you
I wont to tnnn.-c you for ^U1.V° ,he ,r(mr disabilities in
St-^v,tSB4u! It M3- bcoa*ree»te«Vto n. that
?ou might m. to have nn autograph photograph. - -
therefore forward ine one by this mail.
’with the Greetings of the Coason
Hr, Robert T. Lozier,
120 Broadway,
Ifev; York City.
Lear Sir:-
Replying to yours of the 26th instant, Hr. Kdison
states that the 10th or around that date vddl he all right
for the Linner.
Hr. Dyer says that the hotel can put up a fine
dinner from *3.00 to *5.00 per plate, and that he resides
at the hotel and will l>e glad to see you any time to make
arrangements. Hr. Dyer is going away on the 2nd of January
on soinc fruBineBS.
Anything further that I can do for you. kindly
advise and I will attend to it.
HRv/SS
m
Hit' a Ona Otto,
c/o The Bulletin,
Ban Francisco , Cal.
Bee. ?.8th, 1911.
Your recent lotter in regard to the value of motion
pictures for educational purposes has hem received, and I am
glad to learn that the idea has appealed to you so clearly that
you are prepared to exploit it in such a progressive way.
•Vhen I consider "ur present system of education
and see the children staggering under the weight of a vast
mass of mere statements of facts. - just words,- I am not sur¬
prised at the almost universal state of mental indigestion ex¬
hibited hy the pupils of public schools. It is a fact too well
known to need argument, that scenes and incidents viewed hy the
eye are more apt to he indelibly impressed on the brain than
similar scenes and incidents described orally or in type would he.
For instance, in teaching geography, the country,
people, costumes, customs etc. of China might he described in
words very fully and perfectly hy a most competent teacher,
supplemented hy hooks, with the result that the young mind is
confused with a mass of words which have been prepared hy mature
much as no two persons ever agree on a mental
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concept founded upon wore verbal or oral description. It is
not surprising that young pxxpils would not in this way obtain
an adequate idea of China. 3ut if the teaching were illustrated
by motion pictures showing the characteristics of the country
and its people, every wind would receive practically the same
impression which would he indelibly recorded on each brain, and
thus the subject would he taught perfectly.
5ho same line of reasoning applies to the study
of history, which to most children is a hardship, being merely
a collection of ''•rings, queens, wars, statenon, and ao forth,
with a lot o " slippery dates thrown in. Of course, the in¬
cidents of past history cannot now he photographed, hut many
of the principal ones can he reproduced in motion pictures,
v/hich can he used to tremendous advantage os an aid in im¬
pressing historical facts on the pupils mind.
Again such an abstruse subject as chemistry, as
now taught, presents great difficulties to the average pupil,
the only redeeming feature being the experiments , hut with the
aid of the motion picture presents a most alluring study. For
instance, to watch the gradual -Tormation or a crystal is one
of the most fascinating sights that can he imagined. Hot only
crystallisation, hut also a vast number 0r chemical processes
and reactions can he shown beautifully in magnified motion
pictures, thus rendering the study chemistry clear and
intensely interesting to children.
I could also mention detail as to other things,
such as manufacturing processes of all kinds, mechanics, physics,
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animal and in Beet life, botany, agriculture, etc., lmt lack of
time forbids, for the lint ia almost indefinite. Suffice it
to nay that the subject has a moat fascinating interest for
me, and I am preparing to exploit it very thoroughly, having
gathered around me some experts in various lines of work "'ho are
now studying with me the best methods of presenting the various
subjects. It gives me pleasure to look forward to the time
when It will be difficult to get children away from school
in contrast to the present w'non many of them go there with
some reluctance.
Allow me to congratulate you in being so far
abreast of the times in preparing to devote newspaper space
to this subject and thus take part in a popular campaign for
the new education that will educate.
:rr, very truly.
TAE/33
December 28th 13.
Ur. Thomas A. Bdioon, Jr.,
R. F. D. Ho. 3,
Burlington, Hew Jersey.
Dear Tom: -
Replying to your letter of the 21et instant
your father directs me to write you that the reason he did
not approve of the Christmas tree battery was that twice
it has been done and ones the vdiole battery was ruined
on the railroad by the express company.
When we get our house-lighting outfit worked
up „ fit you out, so tliat you «» llgut y.uf !*».. .11
the time .
Wishing you the compliments of the season, I am,
YourB very truly.
S«cretary
204
Dr. George B. i-ioClellnn,
Princeton University,
Princeton, II. J.
Ky Boar Bir:-
Phe honor you flo me in extenfling an invitation
to deliver one of the Spencer Trask lectures Before the
University i. oroeoainfly erstlfyinl- «»a W »ob suureei.te..
E„„ „ , nero not eroafly ovornorM. it »o»li bo inposom.
for no to soni yon on ooo.pt.noo, »nob ns I "ooM Itt. to con-
ply «ith yonr invitation, for I on inoopoblo of .leliverine
a lecture.
With kind regaras, I remain
Yours very truly.
tae/rs
207
Deo. ?.9th, 1911
W. it. Lanmnn , Ksq.,
16f> Broadway,
Hov; York City.
Itiy Bear Kr. Lanman:-
I an sure you will understand the reason of the
„oln, to aallto. to to to. yon »» !«-»•* *»" ”°”11
t,„t t „ a. Mi.on'a aaaiatant . to. foaition naturally
oall. for „y oloso att-ann. torn. a. X ft »»* “ ““<»•
, «, apaaHaO to ». 3««~ •»“*
t,.„ note too*. J 1*« torron.a when yon n«a tto offloe at
aP0 Brora,, ay. ana to »« ttot ao tor aa to oonia ace ttora
1B no rtoaon Ay all tto noto tooto oannot non to r.tornri
to hira, aa they o»6M to to tor. in t» to.aotoion. no aaya
to only loanoil tun. tor tto tto. toiaB.
Of oonrao, thin nhouia to aone in a toainnae-l .
„nnor. ana if yon .ill ■“** “ “ *» ‘
should he addressed, 15r. ^ison wiU write* & 0rmn"
request that the note hooks he returned to him.
7,’iahine you a nort Happy and Prosperous dew Year.
t remain
Yours very truly.
Wfflj/BS
214
\
Dec. 12th, 1911.
Pr°f* Wraith College of Applied Science,
Syracuse, ’I.Y.
X ^.ve seen a cop- of a Syracuse newspaper of the
7th in.vfcant, containing an interview in which you tahe issue
without you supposed to he ny opinion in regar.l to the value
of n college education.
As I wish to ho thoroughly understood on this pom .
+1o, r,m,t 3*fVe seen an article in some newspaper
let m say that you sni.-p .
t',«t oontatnofl » P~t »* *■» «*«"*" ^ 1
„ s. «»*>* “ 011 rlf ■”
lf„„, «, liters « »<* *« I «*•»«
t,, ,«!«> W» »». W ™a »“>■*”'
oneJmeieea tl» ™™»E “l"'"rtas" to
.oho.M lit. «» »» ““•**■ of *«**>* “
stniler ooll«»* nnivoreitios.
„ the tin. of the totervie. «t» n *»» —
of reporters .t.i.UPO »«»»
. 4. n- t said or else the blue penci .
some of then did not get *!-•- I sard,
was afterward applied.
Yoiirs very truly,
/
Jan. 3rd 1^12.
Mayor Herzog,
Reuchling bei Lauf ,
Bavaria, Germany.
My dear Sir
jill you kindly deliver the enclosed
draft for ONE HUNDHED MASKS to Mrs . Mary Lederar
with Mr. Edison' b best wiaheB.
Thanking you for your attention to
this matter, I am,
Youre very truly.
Secretary.
Jan. 8th 12.
Union Trust Company ,
Ur. Chao. K. Dunn, Treats.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Dear Sir:-
Yeur letter of the 29th ultimo received.
Replying to earne Mr. Idieon directs me to
write you that he is doing some experimenting for
Mr. Clifford in werhing cut a process for lew grade
ores. Se far the process is quite successful. Imt
there remains more to he done.
It is true that Mr. Mdison will exact a email
royalty for his trouble.
We can give you no information regarding Mr.
Clifford 1 a financial standing, except that his hills
here are paid promptly.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Jma. 8th 1912.
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Jan. 12, 1912.
Priend Clowes
Yours of the 4th Instant received.
I remember you perfectly. Don't think I aver
turned one of the hoys down. "I never did".
Sinoerely yours
247
250
Jan. 13th 12.
Scientific American,
Jtunn and Company,
361 Broadway,
Haw York City.
Bear Sirs
Youra of the 8th instant refuse ting an
article on concrete furniture received. Mr. Sdisen
directs me to write you that he ie net yet ready
to talk on the subject mentioned.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
251
/
Jan. 13, 12.
F. D. Iambi*, B*q. ,
299 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Mr. Iambi* : -
Replying to your lottor ef the 10th
instant requesting an int*rri*W with Mr. XAiaon, beg
to atat* that Mr. Idison dir*ct* me t* writ* y*»
any tin*. Batter call up *n the phene before coming
or*r» to mala euro that h* is her*. Call 907 Orange.
Yeur* Tory truly,
Secretazy.
252
Jan. 13th 1912.
Henry X. Dixey, Eaq. ,
649 list 113th 8treet,
Saw Sark City.
Xy *tax nixay:-
Yaura of tha 9th tnatunt received.
1 am Barry they could not uae you at tha Bran*.
Studio until wo gat our apeaking picture achama
working.
If you ara a littla ahort, 1
oould maka you an advance, on account, of, way
$50.00 per waak for a while. I hope wa ahull ha
ready to da came thing ahortly.
With kindoat ragaxda, I an.
Your* rary truly.
262
Jan. 10th, 1912
wr. George ?. Morrison.
Manager , Damp v;or.ca.
General .-53.ee trl o Company,
Harrison, II. J.
Dear Hr. Morrison:-
Your favor of the 6th instant is received . ana
in reply I beg to eon "inn what I told you at our interview,
namely, that the small building at Menlo Dark in which the
first c omnertfial incandescent lamps were made is sti 11 my
property, and 1 am willing to 3ct yon it for nreservatior
You may. therefore, regard this letter as con¬
taining a formal presentation of the building to your Company
including full authority to take possession of it and to do
ns you please with it.
There is no one in charge of the property, so
this letter will he all the authorization you will require.
Yours very truly.
tae/es
2GE
Sir. Sigmund Bergraann,
23 Oudena rder St. ,
Berlin, 31,
Germany.
My Dear Bergmann:-
aa sorry that the two American patents referred to did not
help. You night, look up the same thing in ray British Patent
Ho. 4226 of 1878, figure BP., 54 and 55; also figure 3 ih Brit¬
ish Patent Ho. 5306 of 1878.
In ey British patent Ho. 578 of 1880 there i»
an arrangement of several filaments in series in one lamp.
See figures 6, 7. and 9. It may also he well to look up
figure 36 in my British Patent Ho. 3765 of 1880.
I presume that in your examination of figure 4
of my United States Patent Ho. 227,227 you did not overlook
the fact that an undivided filament in one length was wound
over several supporting frames that were contained in the
Yours very truly.
270
, V'
1/ < A
V
'S'
Jnn. 15th, 1912
To the Officers anti Members of
T'he 3d la on Club,
Orange, How Jersey.
Gentlemen
On the occasion of your first Annual 3anquet, I
with to express a feeling of gratification that there exists
among our employees a unity of spirit which has led to the
formation of a cluh whose chief object is to promote social
uplift end the mutual welfare of those whose business lives
arc no closely iTrfc or woven •
I aesire at this time to offer my congratulations
to you on the measure of success you have thus far attained,
and to express the hope that during the year before you the
social work yon have begun will so grow in importance and dignity
as to result in mutual and enduring benefit to all.
Yours very truly,
TAE/3S
272
' £ _ / Jan. 16 th 18.
.J
Mr. ThM. 3ref , Managing Blrecier ,
jpSinon-GoaollBOhaft m.h.h.. ,
Fr±«4rlch3tr . 10,
Berlin S. T. 46, Qersaany.
My dear Sir
Replying to yaur lot tor of the 27th.
ultime llr. Rdieon direct* mo to writ, yev that the fiw
aeloctiono made on the Bloc by Sarah B«*ha*li wil1
he sufficient for the present.
Ycure Tory truly.
Secretary.
Jan. 16th 12.
Jama* Gaunt, Sfiq>,
24 Waat 50th Streat,
Haw YarJc City.
My dear Ur. Gaunt
Answering yaur telegram of aren
data Mr. Idiaon directs me to wrlta yau that ha will
be glad te sae yourself and hrathar an Thursday
afternoon.
Y4ur8 vary truly,
Sec ratary.
292
Atlas Engine "Works ,
Indianapolis,
Indiana.
January 1&, 1912,
Gentlemen: -
Pleased to receive your letter of the 10th,
I do not use engines myself, huh bo many
people come to the Laboratory on all kinds <* BC*eraes
requiring power, that a concern to whom I can refer
them i s welcome .
Years ago when the Diesel engine first came
out, 1 was very enthusiastic about it and predicted a
great future for it, also gave a number of interviews
to the newspapers. But as nothing was dons for years,
1 felt a little cut up about it.
Can you .end « JfcoM. or ..allot »**■• ””
, would al.o 1»W to haw. a **>• «« “r “
pries list.
Yours very tru3-?>
- /■ < hr**- & -Vr ^
• ' cewt UvrM'V* u- : “ ' j"
Jan. 16. 1912
►
VV. *rt. Ulllor,
Akron j Ohio..
Dear Jir:
Replying yours of the 14th inst.,
its mo to write you that we are still
i goia ore and Getting goofi results.
Yours very truly.
819
January 18, 1912
Ur. Graham Rhoads ,
care Hack Broa. Auto Co.,
Chicago, Illinois .
1 have look.,) Into the Jl.li.0 —"a'- S“ f*r
..concern, any right. Ur. Carter e*y have, W ™“°" °f
hi. connection „ith the Hell.. ComW. they 111 he
detained 1» due «» W «“ “** “ ‘
in vdnch 1 cannot lnt.ri.re, a. it 1. •«* « «
heed,. 1 a. informed, ho.ev.r, that the euit In
question, ... brought by hr. Carter and hi. a.eoolate.
after a propo.itlo. by uhlch they -*>* have *
licenae fro. th. Patent. Cowany ... rejected by the.. ^
That propoeltlon Involved the ellalna on
unde.irahle nlaw* 1"* «*• »1‘“ ’
undorotand, 1. pr.ctlo.Hy Uh.t 1. non propoaod. »-
prop.ait.on having hoc. one. -da. th.n r.J.ct.d an
Lit brought, .1th .... attendant .orrla. and -»» • “
i„ to. late to expect it to b. fvcr.hly o.u.id.r.d,
if again brought up.
‘■‘,20
If Hr. Carter helieres that there ire any
special and penoMi reascca a licence Should he
granted to hia, it should he applied for direct to the
Patents Coapaay, and It Till he gi-ren courteoue
ccnsideratier .
Tews truly.
325
\ Jan. 18th me.
Mr. Charles Schwab, PreB.,
Bethlehem Steel Company,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
My dear Sir:-
Vr. Mallory has spoken to me of your
deBire to have some of the Argentine naval people
visit the laboratory.
1 would be happy to show them the
laboratory at any time and 1 hope you can come
with them.
Very truly yours.
Jan. 22, 1912.
P „ H. Cromraelin , Esq.,
care Edison Manufacturing Co.,
TTillesden Junction,
London, England.
Dear Sir : -
X want to get full catalogues of the
largest music publishing houses in England, Scotland,
Ireland and France; Belgium and Spain. 1 have Italy
and Graf will get the other countries. 1 am hunting
for old songs and music.
If there are any bookstores in London
keeping old second-hand music, i.e. in book form,
send address, and if they have a catalogue, send
fours' very truly,
that .
336
Thomas Graf, JSeq.,
Edison-GeBellschaft m.h.h.
Yriedrichstr. 10,
I want the full catalogues of the
largest music publishing concerns in Russia, Sweden,
Norway, Germany and Austria. Cromelin is getting
me the other countries.
AIbo the nameB of second-hand hook
firms who keep old hooks of muBic.
old songs and music.
Yours, very truly,
339
EC it or of
Evening
Buffalo, li.Y.
Dear Sir:-
marketing of product an Germany.
, n To^v nr thorouph imflorstand-
irhoro Reama to ?- 3 ?n*volvea. I think
ing of the trtie inwarCneaa o - - there jB scarce-
the American prices gave no pro.. at.
American prices arc h-seC ^ the coat of^lahor.
material ana general e o^ense v; „,he general expenses in
percentage of the whole profit. ?0 tQ 60 per cent
different mnxit^ftoturing concerns vary r • f lf we
of the total cost of l^°r anC waterai VJ0 afl(1 very little
mss
- ssmS-k iSsHSS S£
hy the ns-7Br>apors.
yours truly.
tae/ks
jnn. ?.r.nfl, 191S
wir M. D. Leavitt,
Z7>5 ‘.Vest 108th St.,
Hat.' York City.
Dost Kr. Leavitt.:-
R.nlytae to yonx ft™ of the 14, h loot™, "
to yonx foxttoonlne Rook -MW V.or. of W.W1..1 MOM.,".
, ooeot.too. OH- <* — 58 «" ““
ana noo toe to antoorlt. fox one ooW. In pnjnont of -Ulot I
end oso check for that amount.
v0ura very truly.
Snclosure-
342
Jan. 22nd, 191P.
Kr. Paul J. Xruesi,
American lava Company,
Chattanooga, s>enn.
Dear Kr. Kruosi:-
Your favor of the 15th Instant has been received,
and in reply T want to nay in regard to Walter's qetion, that
no offence has been talcon- Both Kr. Inaull and 1 understood
that ns Walter did not kno-v nuch about suoh things he had gone
off Half-cocked , and so we thought nothing of it hut dismissed
it from our minds.
Yours very truly,
pak/bs
356
Jan. 24, 1912:
Miss Lottie K. Koona,
1642 Earth Clark Street,
Chicago , Illinois.
Lear Madam:
Replying to youre of the 17th
Inst regarding quotation, "It is 2$ genius and
98# honest effort that brings about suooeBS in
any line of work! Hr. Edison direots me to write
you thatycu oan use this quotation for publication.
Yours very truly.
M:H
Seoretary.
■'Sfr ^
^ ‘ 'a
^‘"r-
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363
Jan. 26, 1912
I.'r. August Hilden,
405 Pine St.
Calumet, Mich.
Xear Sir:
Replying to yours of the 13th Inst.,
regarding a painting of Mr. Sdison, 1 beg to state
that are returning same to you ty express today
as Mr. Edison does not *ant it, he has already a half
dozen paintings of himself.
Yours very truly.
Secre tary,
Paragraph fro* letter received from Monnot of l/l6/l2.
13 t**^^***
I regret to have to tell you again that
Bergmann is still offering his battery for sale outside
of Germany and Austria and 1 find many instances where
he has quoted prices very much lower than we can make.
This creates a very had impression especially as he is
still supplying a battery of inferior qualtiy.
1 just received to-day a letter from one of my salesmen
who is now in Belgium, that Bergmann has delivered a-
battery to Bobin.oa and <». •* *»«»•»
truck. Tbe teat of this truck ... co bad that the
people ..id it ua, aoaud.lou. to deliver euck batt.rie.
and tbe re.ult. bare been epre.d all over Belgium.
1 told you already . thi. create, a very bad l«,r...ioo
and injures your good name in Europe.
PS. «T^1
jr ^ ~
r '
371
372
Jan. 27th 1912.
John F. Monnot, Esq.,
31 , Rue Daru,
Paris, France.
My dear Monnot: -
Your letter of the 16th instant received.
1 have already notified Bergmann about
selling batteries outside of his territory. I will
again notify him so that he will not misunderstand it.
We are making one hundred rectifiers
ar.d as soon as they are ready you will receive one of
the first made.
The small cells will he ready
Youpa-^ery truly,
vO
380
Jan. 30, 1912
Jr i end Andereon:-
Youtb of the 26th instant received.
In re FORD car. 1 Rave aslced Mr.
Ford to send on a oar so that ve can put on a starter
etc. and reduce the number of ceils to a jatnimum
„d ... It.. WW “• “■*' “ * SOlnt
where be can afford to use them.
I will aahe a- Price on the
battery (If we can get the device 0. K.) that will
.. a alight profit an«. and oat 1. H
.nJo„0 =., «t. « « — ”111 “ " 7^t„y
oan to MP *** « »• “* « ,
.ill ». n° <■"'*1-* *M“
on account of costs. ™«re W1A
doliaori.B. tt. -am «*»• — l” *° * ”1”t
practical device.
yours very truly,
385
Jan. 30, 19Ii-
Mr , F. Hess,
South Pascagoula, Miss.
Uy dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 17th instant has
been received, and in reply 1 *eg to say that 1
remember with a great deal of Interest my trip to
Rawlins, Wyoming, in July 1878, where 1 went with
a party of astronomers to make some observations
with my Tasimeter. 1 also remember meeting you
and having some discussion with you relative to
solar radiation.
1 am glad to have your letter
r.«.m« these .ns »«« ^ ^
tin. *“» *” r“lpr0~'’"'1'
Yours wry truly,
j?eb € 1, 1
\
Heff Collage,
Vr. IT. 7. aneaeront,
1730 Chestnut 3t.
Philadelphia. Pa.
Gentlenen:
PleaBO accept «r. Edison's thanks
for the Dr* 1Ie^'8 b0°k ',p0Wer Thr011Sh
perrecteo Ideas."
Yours vary truly,
Secretary.
410
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Feb. 2, li>12.
Col. Jacob Ruppert,
1116 Fifth Avenue,
Hew York City.
My doar Colonel: -
1 have just been told that you
have ordered Edison batteries for twenty one of
/our electrics, for which 1 am greatly pleased.
All that 1 want is a chance to make good, and you
will find that with reasonable care the batteries
will have a life so much beyond our guarantee,
that it will surprise you.
When you get an idle three hours,
and the weather is good, get in your auto and come
over and see the laboratory.
With kind regards, believe me.
Very truly yours,
42 7
Fob.
9, 1912.
Thomas Giaf, Esq.,
Edison-GesellBchaft m.b.h.,
Eriodrichetrasse 10,
Berlin, S. W. 48, Germany.
Dear Sir:-
Your letter ofthe EOth ultimo addressed
to the Kinetophone Studio has been referred to
Mr. Edison for his attention. He directs me to
write you that the subjects recorded are not
satisfactory to him, hut that when they are will
carry out the idea of showing it first to royaltie
Yours very truly*
Secretary .
442
Nat Hyams, Esq.,
Room 7, Glenn Bldg.,
Cincinnati, Ohio
Your letter of the 11th instant
with your good wishes received, for which 1 thank
you. 1 remember you and also the "Dumb
Han Of Manchester" perfectly. Glad, indeed, to
hear that you are healthy and happy.
With kindest regards, helievejme^
Sincerely your s',
445
?eh. 13th 1912.
469
3
& ,o
Peh. nty
I9ir
Mr. Et i firm e de Podor,
Budapest! Altalanos viiiamossagi P.osssvonylarsnsng,
Budapest , Hungary.
I'y pear Eir:-
I have received a handsome copy of tho hook entitled
"Edison", which. 7 understand, ovios its existence to your food
self. 1 wish t were more conversant with the Hungarian language,
hut would say that so far >•» my examination of the work poos it
appears to he an excellent production, and I trust your expecta¬
tions in regard to its circulation my he amply realised.
liy impressions of ny recent trip abroad are still
fresh in my mind, and I think there is none more vivid and satis¬
factory than those of ny trip through Hungary, which country far e
coeded my expectations in being so hill of life and up to date.
I have taken your hook home, v/horo it will occupy
a place in my library. Krs. Edison is also well pleased with it.
With k-'nd regards and all good wishes
Yours very truly,
TAE/lOS
498
f ■
Behruary 15 , 12 .
Charles H. Huntley, Bsq.,
General Electric Co.,
Buffalo, Hew York.
My dear Mr. Huntley: -
your favor of the 12th instant
recievod. Ol.d to hoar that you hav. *eot right-
o„ th. rood question. Bo., .hen you I*ol ““
d„., ten ouch into th. old rut and ml youre.lf
up With excess food, which only putrifies.
_ _ _ v,n^ni! is certainly
fine for daylight-
With kindest regarde, 1 am,
Yours sincer ely ,
512
Vi-
Set. 16, 1912.
My dear Mr. Barrett: -
1 send you the attached for your
information.
A* you are going lato electrics
extensively, 1 think you should pound somebody for
neglecting their business. A few -choice- oaths
thrown around promiscuously, would do a world of
Sincerely yours,
Mr. AdOlphus Bunch,
St. TiOuiB, Mo.
I take pleasure iu introducing to you Mr. Robert
Schuttler Hot*, the President of the new bans den Company, v,ho
proposes to go into
ergotic campaign in yo
ictr ic vohiole business. It nay bo of ir
7 that I have recently sola ovor $100,000 v
storage batteries to brev/i
their electric wagons.
s in this vicinity for '
Yours very truly.
Fab. 15th, 191 2
Ur. James 1. Frssar,
3 KoDougall Alley,
Washington Square, Hew York.
Bear 3ir:-
We have been greatly (Hsapoointed in not yet laving
ln,,.de an appointment with you. I eel led you on the telephone
yoat oi- Jay afternoon. aP arranged, hut there was no rosponse.
I am sorry that th-re has been so much uncertainty
about this matter, for •*. SMson has tremendous interests on hand
celling for his attention IB hours a day. and his time cannot he
. trifled with.
lie says he is willing to have the or- fit taken on
Saturday afternoon at the Laboratory, say, about 8 o'clock.
If that is impossible for you, he nays you can take it at his house
on Sunday.
Please telephone Ur. Katin early to-morrow morning
(4600 Bryant) and make a definite, appointment.
Yours v rary truly.
WHK/BS Assistant to Hr. Bdison.
528
Pol). 16th, 1912
“• M»«»
Chicngo, Ill*
near Mr. Insull:-
I t„y„ pl.„o.>ro 1» 40
»««- «... *. *-«-* - *”• ~ “ "h0
poopooo. to CO i»to « oooccotto to P»oh
oohicXeo in Ohio.*., AO X OoHooe it to to «. - ** ™ “
vehicles an - +v__+
„, ,11 to o,ton. thio A„.i„0.0 .. t« »« 1 ,-"t
„ Moot With tho co-opoiotion oh»0».«CO»ont oi C»
nna your Company.
your 8 very truly.
553
FA) . 20, 1912.
W. C. Anderson, Esi . , Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
Dear Sir:-
Rsplylng to your Minneapolis manager’s
letter of thel3th instant addressed to you,
regarding the felt coverings used in connection
with the battery, Mr. Edison directs me to
write you that the rubber suggestion is a good one;
rubber faced cloth.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
February 20,
W. C. Anderson, Esq., Pres.,
Anderson Electric Car Co.,
Detroit, Michigan.
jjy dear Anderson: -
Please find enclosed a "kickback"
to your letter. Will he pleased to have you "coma
tack".- inability to make a practical wind-proof
. nnacialtv of the AOTERSOif
battery box seems to be a specialty
"entourage" .
7
yours very truly,
3U0
■
567
yet.
22, 1912,
J„ H. Wood, Esq , ,
156 Broadway,
New York City.
near 31r:-
Hcgarding the Buildings at Silver lake purchased
from Kao Andrews and Forbes; the valuations are as follows: -
Building No. 1, including alterations, cost $6500.00
_ ■ * 6000 .00
Building No, 2 no
Building Ho, 3 including " 14500.00
Building No, 4
9500.00
We are
property. Will
carrying too much insurance on
you please see me about it.
Yours very tmly.
this
Secretary .
?o\). 1912
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Tmb. 26, 1912
Philadelphia & Beading Coal & iron Co.,
Ur. J. X. Jennings, Electrical Engineer,
Electrical Department, Pottsville, Penna.
Dear Sir:-
This will introduce to you my assistant,
Mr. Kammerhoff, who brings with him a few hanging
lamps; the same as are used in Germany and England.
We have been working on the small "battery
and now feel that they are practical. 1 feel
certain they will last for three or four years.
How much longer they will last 1 cannot say. Electric
truck batteries have, so far, shown no lose at the
end of three years, three hundred days per year usage.
Regarding the HAT LAMP, please give Mr.
Kammerhoff all the information possible.
Trusting we will evolve something good, 1
am. — s
yours very truly, y
° & — —
GQ2
Feb.
26, 1912.
J. F. Monnot, Bsq.,
31, Rue Darue,
Paris, France.
Dear Sir:-
A» per request of Itr. *dlson 1 enclose
herewith letter received fro. Hr. B. ^
Moscow, Russia, regarding storage batteries.
Kindly give it the attention you deem necessary
and oblige,
yours very truly.
Assistant Secretary.
February 27, 1912
W. M. Barrett, Esq, , PreB,,
Ad am 8 Express Company,
71 Broadway, Haw York.
My dear Mr. Barrett:-
1 am enclosing herewith further
reports of the Battery company's Inspection depart¬
ment, which will require more lurid language on the
part of the "head push" of Mr. Adame.
Sincerely yours,
Enclosure ,
614
Fell. 23rd , 1912
My Dear Mr. Jehl:-
I an enclosing Bone newspaper clippings which
give an account of the Raison Birthday festivities. The arti¬
cles aro fairly correct, hut, of course, they fall short of
the great tine we had. The nest fun of all was that the "old
nan" was greatly surprised. He ’new that something was eoing
on. hut did not ’-now the dinner was to he at his house until
10 minutes before he was led in. He thought there wcb going
to he a reception or something of the hind. The modal house
and conretc chair had been made on the quiet in the Works, and
what with that and the lay-out of the dining room and the lov¬
ing cup and testimonial we gave him a great surprise. He was
very happy that night, and bo was Mrs. Rdison.- In fact, we
all were. I am going to send you a cory of the photo of the
loVing oup. You will see that your name is engraved on it.
I wish you could have been with us to have made the occasion
still more enjoyable.
With kindest regards, I remain.
Yours sincerely.
p.g, — I thought you light also he interested to see a 1!°^
of the guestB invited to the dinner, so I send you one herewith
618
Feb. 23rd, 1912
J. KoGuire,
40 f3 V. Jefferson At.,
Louisville,
Ky.
Dear Ur. McGuire : -
Allow me to thank you for your favor of the 12th
instant. I was very glad to receive it, and have read Its
contents with much pleasure, for they brought hack interesting
memories of the e-ents that took place so many years ago when I
was pounding the key at Louisville in company with yourself and
others. I remember every operator you mention, hut you loft
out Billy Lewis and Charles Kixer. I believe Lewis Is dead,
but Mixer is a Government employee at fashing ton. Ho came up
to Hew York on a trip and called over here to see me a few
months ago.
I thank you for your kina remembrance of my birthday
and beg to express my appreciation of your congratulations and
good wishes for that event.
With kind regards and best wishes, I remain
Yours very truly.
tas/hs
622
Fob. P.6th, 1912
Hon. *^*T^.orrljer ’^e stern Australian Government,
" Perth, Western Australia.
pear Sir:-
four cable of the 11th instant was duly received,
ana reply thereto has been unavoidably detained because of the
overwhelming mass of business I have had on hand. A cable
has been sent to you stating that the information desired
will be sent by mail.
You will find enclosed a small pamphlet, giving
a general outline of my scheme for pouring concrete houses.
This pamphet was prepared for the purpose of giving information
to a large number of inquiries arising out of a. public exhibit
of a model of the first type of houses which 7 prorose to havo
constructed a little later on.
It was my intention to have gotten this enterprise
started sometime ago.and I had a corps of engineers, draughtsmen
and mechanics at work for over two years preparing the drawings,
patterns nnd moulds for this first type of house. As the work wan
approaching completion, other important mattors arose in connection
with my Phonograph, Storage Battery and notion Picture Enterprises.
These being active enterprises, which must be going, and
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(2)
the Poured House not yet having ranched its commercial stage,
the choice naturally ley in favor of my active interests.
Consequently, 2 have hoen devoting my energies to those things
entirely durine the last two years, working night and day to
introduce improvements for developing them on the moat modern
lines and building them up.
Hence, the Poured House has of necessity received
hut little of my attention dxiring that time. It has not been
altogether neglected, however, for the preparation of the moulds
has hoen going on. and they and the patterns hove boon prepared
to a largo extent. The moulds for the cellar and part of the
first story nr- now erected in one of the yards adjoining our
factories here.
I holiove I oan see my way clear J o tal e up the
subject again in the near future, at which time I expect to
resume work on the project and carry it to completion. It may be
of interest to add that pourings into a few of the moulds have been
made, especially of ornamental parts, and the results have hoen
highly satisfactory and promise well for the ultimate production
of complete structures in accordance with my ideas. Some of
those parts have been out in the yards continuously for nearly
three years, through all conditions of weather, and they show
practically no signs of wner or defacement.
I shall ho glad to take up the subject with you at some
subsequent time, which I hope may he in the not remote future.
Yours ”ery truly.
tae/ks
February ?.9th, 1912.
Dr. Josoph Byrne,
29 7/ost 61st Street,
Hew York 0:tty.
My Aoar Sir:
I take pleBsnro In aoknowleAging
receipt of a copy of your kook "On the Physiology
of the Semicircular CnnalB anA their Relation to
Siokness," which you have keen kinA onongh to senA
mo with your coraplirnnntB.
Allow mo to thank yon for your
courtesy. anA to say that the work 1b certainly exhaust-
ive, anA, whnt is quite unusual in most works of a
similar nature, the subject 1b fort if in A with factB
instenA of theories.
Yours ve ry truly.
671
March 4, 1912,
M. It, Schoop, Esq..,
Hardturmstrasse 82,
Zurich, Switzerland.
/ dear Sir:-
b of the 12th ultimo received.
The nickel tinsel received is too thick,
t ie also imposBihle to feed it in definite amounts,
in account of the ragged edges.
We use 20,000 sheets to one.
,ur machinery is now so perfect that we make it very
ouch cheaper than the price you give.
Your atomizing process is certainly
: ~rss
-rio/r. ms* ASfvass
which was too soft.
In case 1 want something made in soft
metals hv vour process, is there anyone in the
UNITED STATES that is operating your process?
Yours very tntiy,
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-089 (1912)
This letterbook covers the period March-June 1912. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. There are also a few letters
by William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the items relate to the commercial and
technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery and its use in
electric delivery trucks. Also included are letters pertaining to Edison's
phonograph and motion picture businesses, the choice of suitable music and
singers for phonograph recordings, and the development of educational films,
a project for which William W. Dinwiddie was hired in December 1911.
Additional letters relate to the use of phonographs with telegraphs; the
development of concrete highways; visitors to Edison's laboratory in West
Orange, including representatives from the German Industrial Commission
and the’ Deutsches Museum; and the election of Edison as a life member of
the Museum's board. Among the correspondents are William C. Anderson of
the Anderson Electric Car Co. and Marshall C. Lefferts of the Celluloid Co.
The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From - March 6, 1912 To - June 26,
1912." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"28." The book contains 701 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10
percent of the book has been selected.
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G 0 3
liaroh 6th, 1912
Hr. John K. tfoolmnn,
Elmer, N.J.
Dear Sir:-
I sent yon the following telegram to-day:
"George A. Kullen was employed many years ago in
my oleotrio light business. Don’t 'mow financial standing,
hnt otherwise think hi:-’ all right."
I have not had any dealings with Hr. Million for
many years other than seeing him onoe or twine recently. I
believe he is now engaged in some branch of the electrical
business, but 1 do not know anything further. So far ns I
know ho is a straight and reliable man.
Yours Tory truly.
tab/bs
'o‘o
March
1912.
Myron T. Herrick, Es&.,
Mar lbor ough-Blenhe lm ,
Atlantic City, N. J.
My dear Sir:-
Your letter of the 8th instant
wa„ forwarded to Mr. Edison who iB aojourning
at his winter home in Florida, and who three a
ae to write you as follows.
"What you want ia to get from,
the International Correspondence Schools at
Scranton, Pa. one of their LANGUAGE PHONOGRAPHS
and full supply of records for teaching the
French language. You will he surprised at
the ease of learning correct accent, grader etc.
This machine (French) with its
perfection of articulation of the consonants , ^ill
sake the immortals of the French Academy green
with envy when you spring it on them.
Hoping you will ha've a good time
in "Gay Paree", 1 am,
Youra very t»ly»
( Sighed) Taos. A. Edition
].";h
.
Aril 15/12
Sfunuel Incr.il, Ksq. ,
120 'Vor.t Adams lit . ,
Chicago, Til.
Dear Kr. Jr.snll:-
’■r. '-Id* son hns received an *nvitnt Ion to attend
t’ o dinner of the Associated i?resB nt the ’Valdorf "storin on
the 25th inatant, end has p-coeetod. ,Te wishes me to write
end let yon ’now that ho will attend this dinner.
”orr b very truly.
April lGth, 1912
::r. Irving 31 coming dale,
noth :*t. l-. 3rd -vo.,
n.v-j York City.
iir
On my return from Xloriila, .lu re I have boon for
■ month, 1 find ft letter from V.Y. .’•rthur .''illinira of the now
V.nv: hiison Co., in which h.o states that ho hna had a con-
v-veut Ion with you in regard to delivery wagons. I have written
to hr. Y.'il 1 iam.« in reply, stating that I wot;''d also write to you
Over a year ago I heoamo convinced that there could
ho eonntructed a light electric delivery wagon to take tho plaoo
or the one homo wagon, and that it could ho operated with great¬
er economy than tho horse wagon. I commenced a sories of experi¬
ments in the construction or such a vehicle and sont ny assistant
to visit various largo concerns in order to obtain reliable dnta
as to tho cost of delivery with horse wagons. Among thoso visit-
e’ was your own '*i.rm and you very kindly contributed to the dnta
•which ho was gathering for me. and which hna boon of considerable
value and has been rosorved exclusively for ry own personal ubo.
Uvor sinoo tho early part of stunner wo have been
running our oxper inontnl vehicles over the hardest kind of roods
in order to dovel -.p weaknesses of* construction. Jn so doing wo
I. B.
Apr. 16/ir
(H)
have constantly trough out defects, all of which have boon
eliminated from timo to time so that our vnMolo ns at prosont
(1 ovelopod loops as if it would r.tand almost anything* I am
now oxperi ranting to roduce the 'riot ion in order to economise
in current consumed in running the wagon. As soon as 7. hnvo
the wagon In a shape satisfactory to me, 1 shall lot you know,
and would vory much like to have you or one of your representa¬
tives cone over and son it.
It nay also interest you to learn that for the pnot
si months v/o have been running a hard road test to destroy a
o no ton delivery wagon made by an outside manufacturer for ono
of the 'k-rpr.'.nn Companies. Phis you could also fl.ee .and examine
tho data.
"ours very truly.
April 16th, 1912
LIr. Arthur Williams,
B5 minno St.,
How York city.
Donr Hr. WilliamB:-
X ha vo junt returned to the laboratory after a month 'e
sojourn in T’loridn, and find in my correspondence your favor of
;.!arch 20th, in regard to you- conversation with K r. Irvine Bloom-
ingdale.
T hive hoen experimenting for eh out a yonr with a
lieht electric vehicle to take the place of the one horse wagon,
and some months ago cent iir. Keadowcroft around to many of tho
large oonoerns to obtain data as to cost o ** delivorion by horso
wagons. lie was very kindly received by Bloomingdnle Bros., who
contributed to the data X have collected. T-'ver since that time
I have boon running tho small experimental delivery wagons over
the hardest kind of roads, in ordor to bring out troubles.
Defects in construction wore constantly brought out by this hard
test, and we have eradioated them in our conatruotion from time
to time, until we think that our present vehiole is bo constructed
as to stand almost anything. I am now experimenting to further
re duo e tho frdtion so as to got hotter economy In cost of opera¬
tion. As soon as wo think wo have it right we will advise yon,
A. W.
Apr. 16/12
(S)
and v/e should vory much like to have tho Blooming dale 'a repre¬
sentative oono over to Orange and seo the wagon. I shall take
plensuro in notifying you about this a little later.
It may also interest you to learn that for the past
six months wo have been running a hard road test in the ondeavor
to destroy a one ton delivery wagon made by an outside manufacturer
for the Adams Kxprer.s Co. This can also be seen and the data
thereon examined.
I enclose carbon copy of a letter to Hr. Bloomingdale.
yours vory truly.
TAS/?,S
April 16th, 191?
J. V.'. Lieh. Jr. Ks<,.,
57 Dunno .'5t.,
II O'V h"o: r>- City.
Ily dear I!r. lioh:-
I 'nave received you.’- rover of tho 15th instant in
regard to tho proposed visit of tho Cor nan Industrial Comnisr. ion
to tho laboratory and 7/orkn, and in reply would say that it will
i Horn rae groat pleasuro to have tho party yon nano cor.e over
and see what we have here, and I, therefor •>, ertond a cordial in¬
vitation to them, '■’he day and hour you rent ion will he entirely
convenient, us it will af'ord tvo visitors an opportunity of going
through the V!or':s hoforo closing tine.
I shall also taVo : lensuro in providing a lunch,
to he served to Jho party in the library n^ter their Snspootion
of the plant.
Yours very 1 ruly,
April 16th, 191
Kr. Wn. H. Maxwell,
City Superintendent of Schools
600 Park Ave. ,
How York city.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to yours of the 3rd inBtant, regarding
magnetized schools, Mr. Edison dlrncta no to write you that
icf Arrhenius actually conducted the experiments and the results
were stated hy him, then he would accept them ns truth, hocause
Arrhenius is ono of the greatest and most conservative physicists
In tho world, and ho suggests that yon wri to direct to him.
Yours very truly.
hyk/es
SECRETARY
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April 16/12
Mr. Georpe Rittonhouse,
44 Sanford Av« . ,
PlsJnfielfl, I.’.J.
Donr Sir:-
Roplyinp to your s r opart! inp ohuttinp down tho /'tils on
Portland Cement Co. plant’ on- Sundays , Hrl. Rdison directs ne to
v/rito yon that ho tried shutting dorm hut wo burned our ■■ ' Inn
in consequence. However, ho stopped everything else about the
plant except what sve found was absolutely nooessary to nin.
Yours very truly.
kfh/es
SECRETARY .
he anli
1 think we should continue
itil several things besides the wheels ti¬
the test la a great assurance to you in
n« any large sums. Your directors will
■ to "come hack" at you, after thin v.-eoa-,
thi
oak
V/hen we stop this test 1 win. s.
”C1! "):e te8t of capacity and condition of the hat to
which Wells should see done, and certify as correct
Your auditing department, in
computing cost of delivery certainly need not chnrg
off more than ten { 10 %) percent on the chassis or
the vehicle, providing the manufacturer is held
strictly to exact duplication of the truck: v/ithout
any alleged improvements, which you never can ho
Now that you are not to go
to jail on account of the Sherman law, step in your
auto am! come over and see me, it's o.nl” fortv
mi n» tea from your office.
Vit) kindest
regards, T nr.
April 19^ h, 1912
J. T.\ lieb, Jr., Psq. ,
57 jju nne "treot ,
He ; York City.
Uy dear Mr. Liob:-
Ur. Mead owor oft haa ah o wn no your letter to him undo-
date of the 10th instant, together with copies of a circular of
the national Isolated Power Plant Association and ninntos of Mooting.
It ia utterly ahBurd either for Mr. Kdgarton or any
Asaociation such as he represents to try to construe ray published
words in favor of any Isolated Plant Association. The most ordinary
nlnd should he able to comprehend that the isolated plant in a large
city partakes of the nature of middleman, and the most casual reader
of the article in the Saturday livening Post of March 16th will see that
ray remarks are directed *\gainst the middleman in general.
I have always combatted the principle of installing
isolated plants in a city whose streets are eruipped with a network
of conductors supplying current from a central Station, and it in
the height of absurdity for any person or Isolated Plant Association
to claim that I am arrayed on thoir side. Por nearly 35 years the
Central Station has been ny ideal for all Pleetrio lieht and power
work in Cities, and I see no reason to change at this late date.
211
v Apr/ 19/lS
Mr. Mdgorton linn .not the Bliehtoat foundation for
stating that there might he any possibility of my joining hln
Association.
Yours Yery truly,
?ae/ss
April PSrd, 1912
V
Kiss Augusta I. Corson "etcalfe,
Durham, Okln.
Dear Jlisn Eetoolfo:-
It is "rt th thnn’-'S an A much appreciation that I make
acknowledgment of your interesting favor of the l-‘th ?nr.t«»it and
Of the grain of corn hearing a miniature painting hy yourself.
The latter has hoen taken to my hone, whore it is greatly admired
and will he preserved with my other mementoes and souvenirs.
7/o also admire your artistic paintings on letter paper and en¬
velope and can scarcely realise that you have ha d no tr; i n ■ ng
in thn development o ■** your talents ir. this direction. I con¬
gratulate you upon your success ns an nrtist as well as a farmer.
With all good wishes, I remain
Yours very truly.
SHOCUVbH MOUKS
Hr. Vi'illinm TtallaB Bosv/orth,
5S7 ?mh A vonn a,
llev/ york City.
April noth, 1912
Dear !*r. Boav/orth:-
yom- favor of the .7 5th inntant vna received, and I
thank you for tho Invitation to call In and non your node! of
the new iJeatern Uhlon Building. I »b In tl-.o city p. fev/ flays
ago and flroppod In to aeo tho “eatorn Union peop-.o, '/ho told
rte about thoir new sky-scraper.
If I get a chanoe 7 will drop in and see your
rno 1 ol .
yours very truly.
tab/es
April 30th, 1912
Dear young friendR:-
ElrlB 0,t*. £^5.“*
23 ^Mya^^S'&S«i =!5r>B^
jr^srsia
early training.
experiment. t5y train ran - -c- - -fr, the latter city
gave no opportunity to go to the unron where f
atory vould make «? lottor too _ong.
•. „„„ ,Wrir (U^fO'-nnt fr on what they wore
Sohool-flayn nr0 vnr- ' ' _ hnV(, beauti^i! nohool-
whon I wan a hoy fifty year* »e° • £Tn\S andymir Rtudies
houses with modern conveniences a ,W -i0'the arts and sciences,
include many i^«r2B^«EUo^“an!i%i?lR o" +.h« nrcnent tine ought
a vn£j»*z «««: ™
to do hig things in the world.
V/ith all goo i v/iRhoR for your future, 1 remain
tab/ss
April 23rd, 1912
Kr. Arthur 7'illinnn,
57 Dunno r,t . ,
Ifo-f york City.
Dear Mr. V-illiaraa:-
pages 379 and 300 of tho ,'pri.l numbnr of the Ydinon
monthly contain a nplondid two page reading ndvrtiser.ent of
the Dictaphone. 'Tho iinproffiion convoyed in that the Colunbia
Phonograph Company in tho only real pohhlo on tho hooch, "e lined
to think that our hot- won 4 n tho ring and that ?;o worn oomebody
in tho business, hut now _ ’ «
And even at that tho Mo./ York 3d is on Company unos
about one hundred Hdiaon dictating machines:
!To ■ did the Columbia people ever Blip it in on you?
7/c r.r o rooonoilod to tho ff ct that Honor nomotines
nodded, hut that "’illians (should _ _ i
Yours
April 30th , 1912
The Young -jdinon Society,
Rogers, Ark.
Rear friends:-
Your secretary. Karris Torhott, has written
telling ne of the forwatior, o-p your Socioty. I writo to say
that the honor you do me in giving it r.y name ia greatly ap¬
preciated, and 1 wish you all wanner of success.
If the object of your society in to make n study of
the groat engineering problems of the day, let ne say that you
have chosen well, for the field is unlimited. On all sides we
see unbounded opportunities ?"or young men of intelligence and
ir actical knowledge who are capable of correct thinking and
prompt action, f'uch men are in great and constant demand, and I
trust your studies may fit many of you for such positions.
I note you have adopted as your motto "All things come
to him who hustles while he waits.” if a man will live up to the
spitit of this motto he .will he a winner in any lino of endeavor.
Yours very truly.
tas/ks
280
Kay 4th, 1912
Mr 8. J. V. HaoClatohie,
Medford. Oregon
.Dear Madam:-
Your favor of the 22nd nit. in regard to the use
of some eleotrioal method of "Bmudging" hna been rooeived.
In reply I heg to say that my impression is that neveral in¬
ventors are working on this problem, and I think they will
ultimately solve it. If life were not bo {short and there
were more than 24 hours in the day, I night ho tempted to take
up thiB subject myself , hut na it is. my time day and night
is so fully occupied with my own extensive affairs that it is
imp ou siblo for me to think of going into the consideration of
anything that does not bear on ny active interests, so I must
leavo this natter to others.
Your oordial invitation to visit yon is much appreci¬
ated. but I do not see any immediate prospect of accepting it.
I had ray family out your way about throe yoara ago, and it cer¬
tainly appeared to ne that your climate was the finest in the
world.
YourB very truly.
TAB/23
May Oth 193 ?■
Tnc Celluloid Company.
lir. Me C. I.efferts, Ptcs..
30 V/aBhlngton Place, Mew Yprlc.
My Pear Sir:-
Your letter of the 6th instant also the
two samples of film support received. Mr. Edison
directs me to write you that you gave him the figures
on nitro-cellulose: can you give him the same figures
on aceto-cellul ose ?
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Kay 3rd , 1912
Mrs. Charles ?. Hughes,
32 north Arlington Avenue.
East, Orange, Ii. J.
Ey dear Mrs. Hughes
I understand that you ere having written a memorial
of your late husband, and would lih0 to have an expression of
my experience of him aa a husinenn nssooiate and friend.
An he vms closely associated with me for many years
during trying periods of ny wort:, it is with great pleasure
that I avail nysnlf of this opportunity to say that ho was a
most loyal and devoted co-lahorer in whatever wo were soehing
to accomplish. Intelligent, oonsoi.entious and industrious
to a high degree, his wholo energy and endeavor were ever
given to advance tho work in hand, whatever it might he. 1
always felt that I could roly on his good judgment and trust¬
worthiness during all of our association.
As a friend I found him invariably true and ningle-
heartod, never swerving from tho ideals of true loyalty and
friendship, and in all things a gallant gentleman.
All honor to his momoryl
Sincore?.y yours .
TAE/HR
s
w
May a, 191,
l!, I. Moyer, Ysq. .
•>75 Fulton Street
Brooklvn, New York,
Dear Mr, Moyer:
Mr. Bdisnn is now ready to talk 1)11310638
with you on the proposition of erecting another building
at Orange, When may he expect, to see you ?
Your3 verv truly.
Secr<
Mrv 0, 1912,
Young Men’s Christian Association,
Chairman- Colored Brach Committee
of the Board of Directors,
419 Main St., Orange, H.
Dear Sir:-
Yours of the 1st instant requesting a
donation for the colored branch, received.
Replying tP 8axae Mr. Sdisnn diroo-to mo to mito Ml
that he gave the main association one hundred
dollars, and he does not feel lilce giving any more,
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
nay nth,
191P
Ur. Holt on Ml,
University
5th
Cluh ,
A vc. ft
1th St.,
City.
Ky dear Ur . Hall:-
t Hin in receipt of your '“avor of the 5th instant,
and would pay in reply that it is ny intention to hp’"' exhaustive
V- lustrations of intnnnive famine with notion piotnre filns
teher in nil eountries where famine receives attention.
In the United States vto are very rmch behind France and other
countries in intensive farming, and I feel a erest interest
in the subject not only personally, hut also from the standpoint
of educational pictures.
yours very truly,
Mr. K. C. Doff ertcs ,
Presidont , The Celluloid Co.,
30 V.’anhlneton Piece,
He/ YorV. city.
Deer Sir:-
Youv favor o'- the flth instant has he on received and
its contents noted.
I an very r.ueh interested In the acetocellulose
film an the Schools will not allow the use of nitrocellulose.
Tho e ifht year school oourno -,'in retire irar.ensc ouantities
of the aootocollnloBo fi In, an there rr- nineteen nllllon public
school pupils, most of v/hon attend every day.
Yours very truly.
MS/S
C_
William Pel z or,
o/o notion picture Patents Company,
RO Fifth Ava.,
How York City.
snr Sir:-
Knclosed herewith find tax hill for i>5 ’’ifth Ave.
ley have inoreasod the asisosonent this year $15,000. Hill
nz kindly see if anything con ho done to ho e it reduced.
Lease let Re know as soon as possible, as wo want to take
Ivantage of the discount in prying the hill.
Yours very truly
Kay 8th, 1912
Sir Tollemache Sinclair,
Travellers Cluh,
l>all Hall, , a
London, Knglana.
Hy dear Sir:-
mhrough yonr courteay and Kindness my possessions
have boon enriched by the wonderful and unique volume v/hich I
have just received with your compliments. It is a veritable
mine of beauty and art. and I shall tahe it to my home, where
it will be retained as a moat interesting memoir.
T ercfcend to you my sincere thanks for so Kindly
remembering me with this charming volume,
yours very •*ruly.
tab/ks
that the just of
thoroughly
3lul'
icrhly cleaned hy boiled
copied down to hot coffee t<
md rineed,
(Signed)
inavno :
I & -!i> i.it. <f--' i
•
May 15th, 191S
Hr a. V?.
A. Lomas,
1415 Freeman Street,
Toledo, Ohio.
{Station B)
Bear Hadara:-
Your favor of the 9th instant vjub received,
and it has eiven me much gratification to learn of the pleasure
that yon derive from the phonograph. 1 trust that you may
enjoy it for many years to come. It is an additional pleasure
to receive a lotter from one who knew me as a hoy, and I
thank you for your kindly remembrance.
Yours very truly.
tae/es
Hay Slat, 191S
l«r. Joe Mitchell Chappie,
Hat i onal Maga sine ,
Boat on. IiaBS.
ay dear Mr. Chappie
v0nr favor of the IVth instant in rep art!
to eliminating electrification of paper in the proas rooms
has been received. In reply let mo say that I have made
no distinct invention covering this subject.
£ho remedy is mil to simple and can he car¬
ried out by heaping the prose room saturated with moisture,
so that the paper will not dry out and become electrified.
■She Vfillimantic. fhread Co. have had a good
deal of -rouble in this direction, and cotton mills also
experience a good deal of difficulty from electrification,
but I understand that they control it by artificially pro¬
ducing a state of high humidity which in continually bept up.
It will probably pay you to maVo some experiments in the name
direction.
I am glad to learn that you are about to
become State printers for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
and some time when I am in Boston I shall try to give myse_f
the pleasure of looking in on yon.
Yours very truly.
tab/br
(£>° °
Hr. Paul Cromelin,
National Phonograph Co., Ltd.,
Whiles don Junati on ,
London, li . W.,
•■^nglantl.
Dear Hr. Cromelin: -
X enclose horow<th t. -lint of selections from
the Heportoiro of Borghene, with Kr. S«son’8 comments. The
numbers on tho lofthancl ro^-r to numbers ei"'en in r- long list
which Dorghese gave to I'.r. ", ’alter "ill or.
yours very J ruly.
nTHTo/jSfi
Hay ELst, 191?-
II owe oml) Car It <
Vice
on, 3sq.,
President,
Che Western Union holograph Co. ,
195 Pros Away ,
Hew York City.
My ieai- Hr. Carlton
Your favor of the RSrrt instant has been re-
I am afraid there has been a misuncl or stand ini
in regard to the detailing of one of your men to the labora¬
tory. My idea won to have a man work on the details of a
scheme for the application of the phonograph to telegraphic
communication. An a starter, 1 set up a rough apparatus
to show that after a fashion we could transmit and record
speech over several hundred miles of wire at a speed of oOO
or 400 words a minute. It was this, or something like it,
that I -wanted to eot into commercial shape through a series
of experiments. Your man was here onlVa day or twor ^ v,
have never seen him since. Valuable inventions require long
and severe work. At the present time I am overloaded with r
mass of work and would prefer to lot the matter rest in aha;
once until the fall.
As to the P.cotifi er, it 1ms no market for
telegraphic use except through the Western Union and Postal
H. C.
May Sf./lS
(8)
Companies. It is such n neat and useful device that I thin!
it slioii tlrt ho nt ill sea; so T would say to you. eo ahead ana
use ‘t . If you find it pood, not your own price; I don’t
want rauoh.
Yours i'ery truly.
May S7th, 1912
May 29th, 1912
s
Newcomb Carlton, Esq.,
Vice President,
Uestern Union Telegraph Co.,
195 Broadway,
Iiew York City.
Dear Mr. Carlton:-
Replying to yonr favor of the 28th instant,
allow me to say that I fur ni shod several root if i era to Mr.
Athoarn some months ago. If yon want to use them I know of one
of your old fund non who is perfectly competent to take hoia
of the job and make it £0. He worked with me years ago, but I
oannot recall his name.
Yours very truly,
Copy of letter sent to
VI. a. Ande^sor,, 7.eo. , Pree° .
Anderson Electric Carriage Co.f
Detroit, Michigan.
My machine v/Hich you sent, sac and which T only
bet-wen Laboratory and house, was tested care-
t arrived, and over our asphalt test course near
ic level .rave 69 watts per t.on mile, T had
air. the other :lav, Ti now takes 109 watts per
My .m.vs all is cl^an and well Ailed, except
.•' ir.oB; he cays i+!« vary difficult, to get at them
^5: --.11 I investigate or can you put me wise
this or “at change? Can it he roller hearings
r.c-rt or something of that kind.
Beach has abandoned roller hearings on his
as he found the watts per ton mile kept increasing
aV'«c. Have you any experience of this kind.
561
Hr. V/. Dinwiddle,
100 Proa a St.,
New York City.
Dear Hr. Dlnwidaie:-
I aid not got an opportunity y
speak to Hr. Baiaon about the motion pioture fi
Among tho Ilegritos", But ha a an opportunity of
him about it this morning, ana ho saia that ra
commercial proposition, he would suggest thnt y<
Hr. Plimpton, the Manager of our Urons Studio,
upon it and report.
Yours very truly.
June 6th, 1912
•esterday to
,1m of "life
talking to
it vrill he a
>u show it to
who would pass
Vi'hm/rs
June 6th, 1912
Deutsches Museum ,
von Koistorwerken dor Haturwissensehaft
unfl Tochnik ,
Zweibruokenstraose 12,
Kunohen, Gremany.
Gentlemen:-
I reoelvefi your letter aigned hy Dr. von filler,
Dr. Dyck and Dr. von Linde, and It gives me greet pleasure
to learn that your Oonnission found its visit to the United
States of such great interest end instruction, -nd I trust
that the ultimate results will redound to the benefit not
only of our two Countries, hut indidontly to the whole
civilised world. I assure yon, on my part, your visit to
ny Laboratory was groat ly enjoyed hy nil.
Allow mo to express the gratification I
feel in the honor you extend to mo in the offer you make
to propose to the Governing Council my elootion as a life
member of the committee of your Museum. It will afford
no groat pleasure to accept such on elootion.
I bog to extend the assurance of my continued
eBteera, and remain
Yours very truly.
tae/ss
Yrn . Goo. 7 If. Morgan,
13 Livingston Place,
Stxiyvosant Square, East ,
How York City.
I rmr.t a.ak you to kindly pardon the delay
in r op lying to your favor of the 29th ult. Mr. Edison
had a rather severe cold which kept him away from the
Laboratory for a day. and ainoo then has been so exceeding¬
ly busy that ho has only Junt had tine to take the natter up.
Replying to year letter, ho inntructn me to
say that thus far we have only been able to obtain ono semi-
satisfactory artist on the harp, because the volume that is
required to make a good phonograph record is too great for
most players. Artistic work is not the only requirement,
hut one of the very important questions for our purpose is
muscular power, and at the present tire that is the reason
that your daughter’s playing would not be available for pheno¬
ls hopine to obtain a more sensitive apparatus, and if he is
successful in his efforts to do so, he woiffi he very glsa to
make another trial of recording your daughter’s playing.
7/HM/E3
June 5th, 1912
Dear Sir:-
hand, together
Your favor of' m 4th Instant has come to
ith your scenario for teaching the alphhhet
I thank you for submitting the same, and would
sny that it will he put into the hands of my producing men so
«*« they ».y eo °vor it onroxuily rwr* 111 - “ t0 "*
pr eotlontil! ty imp*.. X -m *>" 08
to tfhat their opinions are.
sae/es
irs very truly.
June 8th, 1912
Hon. Edwin A. Stevens,
Commissioner of State Highways,
for State of Hew Jersey.
Dear Sir-.-
In an article that appeared in the Hew York
Sun of the 2nd instant 1 notice that you have boon giving
special consideration to the cuestions of drainage and main¬
tenance of roads, which has led me to wonder whether you
have had the opportunity of consulting any data as to the
concrete roads in the neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan.
I am convinced that such data might prohahly
be of considerable assistance to you, and therefore I am giving
this letter of introdnct ion to Hr. Howard 0. V/illiams who is
well informed on the subject, and whom I have ashed to call
on you hoping that ho may interest you to the extent of in¬
ducing yon to send one of your engineers to make a careful
Investigation and report as to the concrete roads above named.
Trusting that you win kindly acoord Hr.
Williams the privilege of an interview, 1 remain
Yours very truly,
tae/es
June 13th, 1912
Hr. J. P.Konnot,
31 Rue Baru,
Pur If: , Prance.
Dear Hr. IJonnot:-
Your favor of the 21et nit. came duly to hand ,
and its contents have hoon noted.
I have purposely refrained from writing to
you until after you should have had an opportunity of talking
viith Hr. Iiiannn after his arrival.
You will notice from the lottars I 'nave given
Hr. Usman that I adhere to just what I said in my letter to you,
and nothing will he done to prevent you from making good.
I concealed nothing from Hr. Pieman, as I
never have anything to coneenl.
Yours very truly.
tae/bs
June 14th, 1912
Hr. H. V. Pasoall,
254 Washington Ava . ,
Newark, II, J.
Dear Sir:-
Hr. GlaiBter of our Works gavo me your name and
address. He informs me that yon nr-e a tonor, and thought
you might possibly ha an expert sight render.
Hr. Bdlarn deBiros to have some operatic
selections sung for him two or three evenings a week for a
while. For this pnrpoBe it is necessary to have expert
sight readerB who can sing this class of imiBio at first
sight. Of course, he does not expect, anything like oonoert
perfection, and does not raina a break now and then. His
sole object is to hear the various arias, etc.
Can yon do this class of work and would you
he willing to give throe ho\irs of an evening at a compensa¬
tion of eight dollars? If bo, would you he willing to come
over and make a trial dtiring the day some time next week,
without compensation?
Tie would provide an accompanist.
Your 8 very truly.
whh/es
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-090 (1912)
This letterbook covers the period June-October 1912. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and Harry F. Miller. Included are items
addressed to President William Howard Taft, longtime Edison associates
Edward H. Johnson and Francis Jehl, electrical engineer Charles P.
Steinmetz, and chemist Morris Loeb. Many of the letters relate to the
commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline storage battery
and its use in electric vehicles and country house lighting. Also included is
correspondence pertaining to Edison's phonograph and motion picture
businesses, the selection of songs and artists for phonograph recordings, and
negotiations with musical talent. Some of the letters indicate Edison's interest
in the 1912 presidential campaign and his support for Progressive Party
candidate Theodore Roosevelt. Additional items concern books read by
Edison or added to his library, visitors to the laboratory, the disposition of old
machinery and equipment, and the inventor's donations to charities and his
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Col. 0. W. I-1 o-.vl or ,
Superintendent, Kentucky Military Institute,
Lyndon, Kentucky.
Lear col. Fowler:-
Your favor of the Slat instant has been
rooeived, together with a o opy of your letter to no under
date of Kny 4t'n. She original of the latter isuat Iwto
misoarried in tho mail.
I have given careful consideration to
your deBiro to nano your nov; soionoo building for no,
and beg to express rsy appreciation of the honor thereby
conferred upon no. I therefore take pleasure in assenting
to your proposal to name tho new structure the "Shoo. A.
Edison Science Euilding.”
She ideals which have been projootod for
your Institute, an Bet forth in your two booklets, are
highly oonnondable, and 2 trust they nay bo folly realised
in practice.
Yours very truly.
sae/es
June 25th , 1912
Mr. TV. S. Nunnelly,
V or non , Tenn.
Door Kr. Hunneliy:-
Tour fnvor of the 19th InBtant has teen received ,
and would Bay in reply that v/hile your projeot of an Industrial
school la one of much interest, I Bhall have to give you the
sane answer t gave to the newspapers who interviewed no in re¬
gard to a report that I had given two millions to a certain
College. Hy reply was that I could use the money myself to
hotter advantage for tho general welfare of the public. It
may surprise you to know that 3 am spending more than my in—
oome in proanoing a series of 6,000 or more motion picture films
to educate the ninetoon million children who attend the public
schools of the United states. By this method the drudgery and
difficulty of learning through tho medium of hooks will he done
away with, ana the more natural and oertain nothod of absorbing
knowledge through tho eye will he substituted.
I appreciate and thank you 'or your cordial in¬
vitation to visit you, but oannot avail myself of it juBt now
as I am overwhelmingly bmy on the above and other work. Possi¬
bly at some future tine an aopportunity to make a visit may be
more favorable. Yours very truly,
tab/es
r _ _ _
June 28th, 1912
Che President of
pnnnmn-Paoifio Universal Exposition,
San Francisco, Cal.
hear Sir:-
Allow mo to express my grateful acknowledg¬
ment of your courtesy in extending to me an invitation to
'no the guoat of the Exposition for the ton days beginning
August 4th, next. t an deeply sensible of the honor that
you do me in extending thin invitation, and regret that I
cannot nee ny way clear to accept the same.
For the last eighteen months I have been
overwhelmingly busy in following up to completion some of
the important interests which form part of my present life
work. Chase efforts will culminate during the present Summer,
and as I am right in the midst of work which I cannot well
leave, 1 do not soo nny pos sible tray for rae to he away at a
time that may he regarded as a crucial period in my affairs.
liuoh an I 'would like to participate in the
interesting ceremonies Whioh are to take pla.ee, I am compelled
to deny myself that privilege and pleasure, and, therefore,
am unable to send you an acooptanoe of your very kina invitation.
Yours very truly.
tae/hs
Juno 2 5th, 1912
Hr. Frank S. Price,
President,
Eloclr lc Development Ars eolation,
Boston, Hass.
Dear sir:-
Yonr favor of tho ?2nd instant regarding
the formation of tho Electric Development Association
has been handed to me, and I have rend It with a pro at deal
of int orest.
The purpose of the Association is in my
opinion one of ranch promise for tho future of the eleo-
trical industry, and I beg to express my appreciation of
tho honor you do me in Inviting me to become a member of
the Advisory Board of the Association.
It eivos me pleasure to signify to you
ray acceptance of such invitation.
TAE/ES
Your 8 very truly,
July 1st, 1912
Mr, Arthur Williams,
65 Duane St. ,
How Yort city.
Dear Mr. Williams
I am in rnoaiut of your favor of the 28th
ultimo, inviting no to visit the Waterside Stations with
Sir Thomas Oliver on September 18th, and to he your guest
at dinnor. While j thoroughly appreciate your o or dial invi¬
tation and would undoubtedly enjoy the visit, I do not see
any possibility of being present on that oocasion, ns I an
overloaded with 'work now, and my programme for the summer
is filled with important matters that will keep me constantly
busy day and night.
Of oourse, I shall he glad to have Sir Thomas
oome out to tho Laboratory if he so desires, and will thank
you to let mo 1-now a day or tv/o in advance.
Yours very truly.
tae/bs
tty dear B«rgttannr»
I find a letter dated New York,
October 7th 190?!, in which you send ms a check for
$10,000.00. I cannot understand what this is for?
.1 leave Ay-2 sv/orth $700,00 of it. Can you. tell me
why you paid it? If it was Just generosity, I
r;nd better give you credit, for the amount on the
German battery account, so that we can settle the
w.e cunt, as the boys say it is long standing and
they .wont to bring the book o up.
Wi tb kindest regards, I am.
Sincerely ■
Ondenardei* Strauss,
Berlin, N. Germany.
E, H. Johnson, 'Esq.,
Union League Club,
New York City.
Jly dear Johnson
Replying to your letter of the 6th
Instant would say that I cannot very well help you
on the electric vehicle proposition, as I cannot
take sides; having the battery which is used by all
in common. While 1 might help indirectly, I
cannot openly and ho'pe you seo zay position.
Yours very truly.
General Ttlectric Co..
SO Chureh Street,.
ITew York City.
A+1-nMi.'n Vr., A. w. Bprchnr.l ;
.. ":v,- T„rn<*y. And as v;e or* retains $15,00*.
• -f rstv.ii mHor-geiiprotcyr *t*0
r : ... <*nv cwv St.-»r6£« Battery plant ar.d want tc mnV.r
they are installed properly, we would like to
ami-rye tc have your men handle the joh. Can we make
son.* arrangement to thin effect?
An early reply will oblige.
Ycurn
t.rul
July 13th, 1912
Urn. enroll no Gardner .Bartlett,
52 Lanark Bond,
Boston, Haas .
Uy aenr Kadnm:-
I an in receipt of your esteemed favor of
the 10th Instant end have noted its oontents with muoh
interest.
In roply to your inquiry allow me to say
that <vo liavc no experiment or n abroad, as we do all our
exper iraentinj hero in Orange. When you return from Kurope
I hope to have my special apparatus completed, and you oan
then cone over to the Laboratory at nny time to make some
experiments.
Trusting that you will have a pleasant
bo jour n in Europe, I remain
yours very truly.
tae/es
C) 9
1 July 13th, 191?.
Mr. A. B. Boatiraont,
Oregon Iformnl School,
Monmouth, Oregon.
Dear Slr:-
Youj? favor of this 6th instant has hcen re¬
ceived, and In reply I hog to any that uhon you cone to
tho Atlantic Coast this summer, I shall he glad to spond
a fow mlnutoa with you, and will have you uhown through
the Laboratory an desired.
Yourn vory truly.
tae/es
July 10th, ISIS
Mr .Goo. I). Buchanan ,
342 Washington St.,
Boston, Mans.
Dear Sir:-
I have received your favor of the 3rd instant,
and also tho copy of your hook "Biyonde Cifrtrn", ’fith which
you have so kindly oonplissented me.
Please accept rey thanks for your oourteous
ronemhranoo. I expeot to road the hook in tho near future.
Yours very truly.
tae/es
July 8th, 1912
Ur. Paul H. Cronolln,
National Phonograph Co., Ltd . ,
Tillies den Junction,
London, H.’.V. ,
England .
Doar Hr. Croralein:-
I an uncertain whether or not you have had
the two Hate of 6ongo that hove boon sung for Hr. Edison,
but in auoh oaBea it is always better to give tho benefit
of the doubt on the right side, so 1 will enclose these lists
for your file.
Anong the catalogues whioh you sent some
little time ago to Mr. SfliBon were two of Reeves’, namely.
Pert 36 and Part 37. Hr. Edison looked over Part 36, and
noted the numbor of books that he would like to have. I
enclose the catalogue heroin. It is narked by him, showing
what he wants. Ho would like to have you obtai. these books
of music for him and send then over.
I am afraid, howevor, that you will be dis¬
appointed in getting a good many of t-ho items marked, beonuse
I afterwards found Part #37 of the Bamo catalogue, and on compar¬
ing it with the copy that Hr. Edison had marked I found that
by a remarkable oolnoidenoe someone had ovidently been of the
P.H.C,
(2)
July a/iz
sar.o mind anti picked out a greet many of tho Items that he
had noted. Some of them, or duplicate copieB, nay sinco hnvo
oomo back to Hr. Hooves, so I am sending the catalogue just as
it is in order that you may obtain whatever you can .
Vi'ill you please ask Hr. Reovos to nail me
two copios of the- onol-e«odx catalogue on issues just as Boon
as it oonos out. I will then pla-e it before Hr. Kdison at
once, and if he desires to procure anything that, appears there¬
in, I will send ov.r to you immediately, and thus ho will have
a better chance of obtaining anything that appeals to him.
Hr. ICdiBon also requested mo tc aBk you
to find out what you can nbout other second-hand music stores
and send to him any catalogues that are isfued. He scene to
think t'nnt Qua? itch has a secondhand music, department and that
they issue a separate catalogue. Anyway, Hr. Rdison would like
very much to hnvo Qua? itch’s catalogue if such a thing is ob¬
tain able.
While you are sending books. Hr. Rdison would
like to have you obtain the following from Job. 77111 iams , Ltd.,
32 Groat Portland st., London:
Kusic and Its Appreciation or
Tho konndat ions of True Listening
by
Stewart iiaepherson
Tho Hodorn Orchestra
by
Ch.U. Widor
P.H.C.
(3)
July n/ 12
A Selection of Solfeggios
hy
Vittorio Riooi
The Analytioal Edition of
Beethoven's Sonatas
Suited, Phrased and fingered hy
Stewart i’acpher son
#8. Thurah Hall Plots ) on back of Descriptive catalogue
Part 1 ) of Important Educational V.'orks
On IIuslc
Yours shipment had hotter ho made to Ihoraas
A. Edison, as usual, and in the natural course of ovents it
wiV come into ny hands. Any catalogues that you should wall at
any time, pleaso 'nave then nailed to ne. 1 on helping Mr. Edi¬
son on those things, hut his regular nail goos to his socrotary,
f.
1I.S*. Mill or , who might not understand just what these catalogues
were intended for.
.viim/hs
yours very trul;
July 10th, 1912
Hr 3. Ellen H. Firohaugh,
402 West Haiti Street,
HohinBon, Ill.
Dear jars. Firohaueh:-
"!Dho Story of a Dootor's felophone" liaB reached
me, toe other with your kind favor of the Sr a inn tent, and I want
to thank you for your oourteny in complimenting mo with a copy
of your hook.
It certainly has nn interesting look at first
glonoe, and I have promised myself the pleasnro of reading it
soon.
Yours vory truly,
tae/es
-Tilly 2nd, 191?
Mr. Mtienr.e de ? oil or ,
VII Kaeinosy-ntozn, 19
3ud.npoBt, , Hungary.
My dear <1 o ?odor:-
Vour esteemed .favor of May 29 th cane to hand
in duo season, and within tho last fov dsyn I have nln- re¬
ceived tin? souvenir mentioned therein.
r° nut, mildly, ~ am fairly overwhelmed
with tho henuty and magnificence of the album Which you have
so kindly designed and sent no to oomenorate tho ooeaaion
of my visit to your bonnt.iful City Inal; sumi-er.
As a work of art tho album 1b unique and is
the aorno of perfection to tho minutest detail. I have never
Boon anything of tho kind more beautiful. Ab a token of
friendly fooling, find an a nouvonir nf on enjoyable visit
l '-ng to ba renonborod, I shall trnnnuro this album and re¬
gard it m; one o? ry ohoriBhod possosslotiB.
Allow rao to tonder ny olnooro thanks for thiB
handsome gift, and to expreBB my appreciation of the honor you
have done me in conferring upon me auoli a striking and endur¬
able memento of my pleasant sojourn with you.
Hy wife and family doaire to join with me
E.D.F. (?.)
in kindent regards and all good vviahen , and
Youru Tory truly.
iae/ks
July 2/lP
I remain
it, *WT»im.
July 2nd, 1912
Hr. Francis John ,
VII, Xasincsy-utcua, 19,
Budapest , Hungary.
Hy dear Johl:~
Your favor of Hay :-W;h mine to hand. I
delayed aeltnowlorteing It until tlio receipt of the album
which was described therein.
From the contents of your letter I v/as dis¬
poned to anticipate something elaborate, hut when the touvenir
album onno, its great beauty was a most comploto surprise
to me an gave rise to a feeling of unalloyed pleasure
and gratification.
I have mi' ten to Hr. de Fodor to oxpress
my thanks for this unique and memorable gift, and enolose
for you a copy of my letter to him. Allow me to also offer
ny thanks to you for the pains you have taken. to write me
Buoh an interesting description of the albuy and its con¬
tents. I regard your letter ar- an addendum to this souvenir
and shall therefore preserve it with the album.
Tilth kindost regards, in which my wife and
family join me, I remain
YourB very truly,
tae/es
'‘Wwwmi
July 10th, 1912
Hr. Pranois Johl,
VII Kazinozy-utcza IS,
Budapest, Hungary.
My dear Jehl:-
I aw In 3.' eooj.pt of your favor of the 26th
ult. In regard to the nows Item In the "Pesti Hirlap" to the
effect that I said to a reporter of the Nev/ York Sun that
while In your country I saw a woman that was yoked to an
ox In ploughing a field.
What I did say was that In Austria-Hungary
I saw a woman helping an ox pull a plough. I oannot mention
the place, hut It was someWhero between Ragaz and the Somwerlng
Pass, near Vienna.
Yours very truly.
tae/rs
July 13th, 191
Ur. J. Brisben Walkor,
Director of Congresses,
Universal Exposition,
San Francisco, Cal.
Dear Ur. Walker : -
I an in receipt of your favor of the f>th
instant, and in reply would say that it is impossible at
this moment for no to aay whether or not I can make a
visit to San Francisco during tho ooming winter. Juat at
present I am overwhelmed with work and thoro does not aeon to
he much prospect of relief from pressing natters for some
tj.ne to come. Allow ne to thank you for your cordial invi¬
tation, however, and to express: the hope that I may later
find myself in a position to aocopt.
In regard to the original electric motor car,
I on sorry to cay that unfortunately it is not in existence.
Somo boys got access to it and in playing on the car sot
firo to it, causing its destruction. Otherwise 1 should
havo boon willing to have it exhibited as you suggest.
Yours very truly.
tae/es
July 15th, 191?
Hr. Arthur Williams ;
Hew York Edison Co. ,
55 Duane St. ,
H*w York City.
Dear Mr. Williams
We aro meeting Bone little aifriculty he
to the insurance question in connection with the introduc¬
tion of the Horae Picture Machine in How York, ana ns you have
undoubtedly had somewhat the sane experience in regard to some
of your electrical devices, 1 am giving this letter of in¬
troduction to our Kr.W. 71. Maxwell of our Company, who would
like to have a little talk with you on the subject.
PruBtir.g that you will kindly favor him with
such advice as you think will be helpful, I am
Yours very truly.
116
July 23, 1912.
Phil.Rdelphta ft Rending Coni fr Tron Co.,
Ur. J. T. Jennings, Electrical. Engineer.
■Electrical Department, Rottsville, Renna.
Dear Sirt-
I received your letter of July 22nd regarding
the Miner's lamp battery and note that you used the outfit
made hy hand, for about six weeks, without having any
serious complaints,’
Vfe will make the changes which you suggest .33
I want to get the battery perfectly satisfactory to all
concerned, so there will be very little desire for
improvements.
‘ After we make the changes we can give you an
approximate price for the first small lot and suggest
that we then make six complete outfits, which you can
put out under worst conditions of practice. Aa soon
as the tools are made we will be able to Si”«
prices for larger quantities
Tho Inns fl an Co.,
Mr. Chas. Breoher, Seo'y,
233 High St.,
Newark, II. J.
Gentlemen: -
Replying to your le+tor of tho 11th instant,
regarding the claim of the Wright-Diokinson Co., Seattle,
Washington, for defective parts of hotel hus shirred them
last September and as reontionea in their letter of April
20th and yours of April 26th. I beg to say that to. Bachman
replied to your letter under date of April 30th, a copy of
which I enclose. You will notico that he requests you
to have them return the broken parts to the factory where they
could be repaired or replaced, and we couia get a rebate from
the wheel maker for the defeotivs wheel. Our guarantee reads:
"fhe Company guarantees the equipment free
from all inherent mechanical and electrical defootB, and
should any appear within 12 months from time of delivery,
now parts will be furnished at the Company's faotory for
defootive parts, provided nn inspection by the company
proveB tho claim. The Company should not be held responsible
for work done by apparatus furniBhed or repairs made by others
1. Co.
July22/l2
(2)
The fault us not ours that they did not
follow out the InBtruotions of the guarantee ana return
the defective parte, thereby allowing us to make the
replacements. We will, however, agree to stand one-half
of their hill, and you are authorized to charge Hr. SdiBon's
aooount with §56.76, which we consider very fair under the
circumstances.
Yours very truly,
July 23rd, 1918
The P.oycroft Shop,
Bast Atirora. If. Y.
G ent lemon
Roplylng to your letter of the 15th instant,
kindly renew Mr. Bdison subscription to the "Philistine" ,
and send a oopy of the hook "The Myth in Marriage", upon
receipt of which we will nail yon a oheok.
Yours very truly.
HPIi/KS
SECR-WARY
V'O
July 25th , 1912
Hr. W. !■-. Brock,
Tnih-Mc nor vino corporation,
ynn Houten l. Prospect 3t,s.,
Paterson, !!. J.
My flow Hr. Brook:-
PI on so excuse tho delay in replying to
your favor o- tho 19th instant. I have Boon greatly
ruahofl tho last few flays. Your oheok is received snfl
the picture will Bo forwarded in a f ow flays.
Your romost of a more recent picture of
Hr. Edison will Bo complied with, nnfl I shall have the
pleasure of sending you one with his autograph, under
separate cover.
t an rnioh int rested in the photo of the
fly-leaf of one of Hr. Edison' b question hooks, as I have
boon looking everywhere to find copies of these hooks,
hut without success. Hr. Edison wants to know if you
would ho -.Tilling to lend these hooks long enough for
him to have a copy rede hy the typewriter. If bo. you
can send sane to me hy express or registered mail, which¬
ever in most convenient to you. and I will see that they
July 10th, 1912
Col. C. W. Fowler,
Supt. Kentucky Military Institute
Lyndon, Kentucky.
My dear 3ir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the 3rd instant,
and also of your interesting catalogue and "booklets, for Which
pleaBO acoept my thanks.
In regard to sending you some expression to
place before your cadets, I should be disposed to be brief,
and would, therofore, ask if the following will be satisfactory.
| To tho Cadets of the Kentucky Military \
« Institute:
You are here to prepare for the battle
of life. The victor in thiB, as in other
| battles, is the one who thinks best and works 1
hardest, and keeps at it all the time. _ ■
If you think the above would answer your
purpose, please let me know and I wil' have it written on
a separate sheet of paper and sign it.
Yours very truly.
tae/es
jnly 23rd, 191®
Hr J J. Jenkins, President.
H J City Dye Works & Laundry Co.,
J 3000 Central Ave..
Loa Angeles , Cal.
Bear Mr. Jenkina;-
I am in receipt of jour fetor of the 16th inst.
,„a of the ante therein snolOsea. Alio. o:e to therto pon for
ell the information oontninea in both. It is oertninly a
pleasure to recite snoh food ante ... yon hot. eent me. a.
there i. a front deni of Aiffioolty in ohteininf foil ana
oorreot fiforo. on the., ooet.. 1 «na it neat to inpoo.me
to f.t oecornt. inf.rn.tlon on thi. lino, for nohoiy ..on.
to hno. th, reel orpsn.e of OP«atinf thoir a.lir.ry «aeono.
perhaps yon vill ho surprised when 1 toll yon
that ny .nail aolitory «B» in not r.aay for th. »rhet yet.
I hat. oot ny otonaara hifh. for tt 1» of no to pot ont
. not type of nafon nnloa. it » thoroofhly fir.t olaas. Bo
for th. oag on a... not oon. «P to ny standard. It i- .till
in experimental operation, ho, I an runninf « on a 16 -11.
coarse that the nterafe nnnnfaotnrer wonia not thinh
loot inf for th. purpose, th. ooareo heinf full of roo» »»a
gullieB and giving a most severe teat.
up to thia tine I have) not been able to
. a- !,*,
Jh
J.J.J. (P) July S3/l8
make 1000 oonseoutive raileB without hr eating something.
The vehiole in overloaded and is run hy two Bhifte of mon,
ohanging hatterieB at each 30 milea so as to get a run
of about 100 miles a day. When T snooeed in making 1000
oonseoutive miles without a break 1 shall dortainly he sure
that the depreciation will not exceed 8# of the oost of the
wagon.
I believe that this vehicle, if I ever
get: it right, will stand anything, and will probably sell for
$750, according to mileage.
Yours very truly,
tas/es
July 84th t 1918
Mr. J.
iJ. Reuok,
o/o ?o wn Talk,
P,R First Street,
San Francisco,
Cal.
Deer Sir:-
ymir fever nr the 15th instant is received ,
find I feel Bomowhat jrelnotant to any that it will he simply
impossible for mo to accede to your request for an article
for your speoi.pl edition. I «a working under the pressure
of an enormous number of important things, both as regards
ray extensive business interests and a large volume of ex¬
perimental work. Although 1 work nearly eighteen hours
a day it la all I can do to keep fairly abreast with all that
confronts me. As a matter of fact. I am overworked, hut do not
see the possibility of any let-up for months to oome. Hence,
you can readily see it is out of the question for me to add
to a burden already greater than it should he.
I have enjoyed rending your interesting
letter with its oomments on the experience you have had since
leaving the effete Hast. Evidently you hove not found in
the West either the Garden of Eden or El Dorado, let us
hone that if you return to this end of the continent and once
more enjoy the proximity of 3roadway and tho Bov/ery that a wave
COPY
July 24th, 1912
Hro. M. 3. Stuart,
1840 Pell St.,
San Franoisco, Cal.
Dear Madam: -
The five rooords have been reoeived from our
San Pranoiaoo representatives. We are sensing thesa one of
our latoet typo of recorders and asked for a fovr more records
before making any decision in the matter. You will reoall when
you were here I stated that a recording voice to he accept¬
able to Hr. Edison nunt ho absolutely free from vibrato or
tremolo. The records anhmittod Bhow this defect in the most
pronounced degree in all exoepting a few of the highest notes
in "last Robs of Summer". How it is quite possible that this
vibrato effect may be due to done defect in the recording
phonograph. I ao, therefore, writing Mr. McCracken today,
o ailing attention to this possibility and alao sending him,
as stated above, a new reoorder. I have also suggested that
the next reoord he some simple ballad like "The last Rose
of Summer" rather than operatic selections. With the new
reoorder and posnihly a^ead justment of the recording phono¬
graph you may ho able to secure some reoords uhioh will he
BotiBfaotory to Hr. Edison.
Yours very truly,
dhb/bs chief bhgihbbr
176
' July E4th, 1918
The pacific Phonograph Co.,
818 Mission St., Attention of
San PranoiBoo, Cal. Hr. HoOraoken
Gentlemen: -
Referring to your favor of the 16th instant,
regarding five reoorfla made hy Hies Ruhie Stuart of your
city, these records were received in good condition and
have been givcWa preliminary teBt. When Hrs. Stuart was
hore ahe wae particularly advised to see that such selections
severer e submitted were free from vibrato or tremolo. Hr.
Edison is insisting that all recording voices aooepted
by us be abBolutely free from vibrato. How the records
you have sent us Bhow this defect in a very pronounoed degree
in all the selections with the exoeption of one or two of
the, high noteB in "laBt Rose of Summer", which come out
very nicely. It is possible that this tremolo effeot may
bo due to your recording phonograph not running at uniform
Bpeed, i.e. , there may be some governor trouble, belt oop-
dition, or Borne other meohanioal clause for this disagreeable
effeot.
I an Bending you one of our new type home
recorders and suggest that when an opportunity ooours yon
try a few more reoordB like the "last Rose of Summer", "Hftllie
Gray", "Happy Pays", or some other simple ballad, ana see
if you oannot secure reaults entirely free from vibrato.
Regardless of quality of the voioe or training, it is abBolutoly
necessary to Beonre a pure sustained tone without any shake
whatever for our present system of reoording.
1 am enclosing herewith oopy of letter to Hrs.
Stuart.
Your 8 very truly.
CHIEF HHGIHEER
18
July 29th, 1912.
Mr. S. Gr. Mo Conaughy,
259.HillBi.ae Avenue,
Jamaica, L. I.
Hew York.
Dear Sir:-
Your favor of the 2Gth instant has been
received, ana in reply I wouia say that there is
still an opportunity to take up the business of
supplying electric light plants for country estates.
For some time past I have haa my staff working on a
demonstration plant in a house near by. My
tion waB to thoroughly test every part of the installa¬
tion in order to hi in position to conscientiously
recommend certain dynamos ana engines. She great
trouble has been the engine. We
number of them, ana now have one that we think will
be quite satisfactory. As soon as some
tontq are made, we will be ready to allot speoifio
territory, ana will then advise you so that youoan
come over and see the plant and ai sous s the business
ena if you are still in faVor of talcing it up.
My new disc phonograph iB just about
SAr* s js
fc — /srs?:
of the Company.
Should decide to look Into this natter,
you might drop a line to my. assistant Mr. W. H.
Meadoworoft, in advanoe of your coming.
Yours very truly.
rhe Architectural Concrete 0:,
W. S. «allory, Boq.. Praeidant,
' St opart aville , Hop Jersey,
Pear Ur. toll-ry:-
PeplyinS to’ irour letter o
■*i*-“*"
U...W » i» „n.y.utMth..«n«t.p.:
„„ ar. vary ■h.rt.'.f •*“ *» thU ,1“‘. !
pay the Caw»t <WW'*
f.r a. 1,. .«.«• »* *••»*—« U“"
■your b very truly,
concei
National
\Till«eden Junction,
London, H. W. England,
AuG. 1,1912.
Philip Farnsworth, Ssq.
#42 Broadway,
Hew York City.
Dear Mr. Farnsworth: -
Your favor of the
30th ult. has been received, and 1 beg to
express my thanks to you for your kindness
in offering to me the photograph which was
enclosed. I shall take advantage of your
courteous offer and keep this photograph.
If you have any deBire
for one of w l*t«r plotux.o, I *1U »«
plea.od to o.od you on. on 1-MlW t»o» yon
to that effect.
Yours very truly,
rpr-r , >n, T r r ” 1
August 1st, 1912
Ur. Albert F. shore,
$565 West £2nd St.,
liew York City.
Dear sir:-
Your favor of the 30th ultimo
has been reoeived. a* to reply 1 would say that
the question you ask is too deep for me. I do
not know what form of energy flows through, or
travels on, the nerve fibre.' There seens to be
eleotrio ity, but I think there is also some other
unknown form of energy which is the principal
factor;
Yours very truly.
247
Aug. 3rd, 1912.,
Hr. Dwight G. Washburn,
750 - 12th Street, H. W.,
Washington, D. 0.
Hear young friend
Your mother has asked me to
write yon a letter explaining the association
of your late father, Dwight. H. - Washhurn , with
me many years ago.
I oomply with maoh pleaenre,
on __ recollection of him is always an agree-
ableyone?Hewas one of the few men whom I
sent out in 1880 to intro^e my telephone
transmitter in various parts of Europe. At
I trust that your oareer
may he as successful, and, with all good wishes,
remain.
EM.
Yours very truly.
Aug. 3rd, 1912.
lire. Ella Ii. Washburn,
730 - 12th Street, H. W.,
Washington, D. C.
Dear Madam:-
Your favor of the 30th In¬
stant haB been received, and in reply let me say
that it gives me muoh pleasure to send your son
a letter auoh aa you suggest, and you will find
it enclosed. I trust the boy will turn out to
be as reliable and successful a man as his late
father was while he was associated with me.
Yours very truly.
tae/em.
Mr .Paul H.Croramelin,
national Phonograh Co. .Ltd. ,
Willenflen .Tnnotion,
London, H.W •
England.
Dear Mr .Cromraalin:-
1 have received yonr favorB of the 27th nna 29th
nit. .together with duplioatoB of BillB 7318 find 7319, and the Reeves
oatalognos .and beg to thank yon in Mr .Edison’s hehalf for yonr prompt
attention to the purchase of rausioal hooks for him.
We are awaiting, with interest the arrival of the
hooks. I note that you will write later about Quaritch.
Yonrs very truly.
Angnat 9, 1912.
Mr. H. B. T'iok,
Foatervillo,
Wiaonnsin.
Dear Mr. Bi ok:
your favor of the 2nfl inat.
l8 received, anft .1 regret that I cannot aocommo-
Aato yon hy loaning you a dipping neeftle for
locating iron ore, aa I have not one left.
Ton oan get one from Gurney
b Co.. Instrument Makoro, of Wroy, Hew Xork.
They make then.
With kind regarAa,
Toura very truly.
Mr. R. B. Hoover,
Central Union Telephone Co.,
Springfield,; Ohio.
Dear Hr. Hoover:
I am glad to reoeive greetings from
one of my old friends, and than* you for your kind note
of the 5th instant whioh revives memories of former
pleasant assooiations. especially when I read the names
of some of the hoys who were with ns in those far away
days. 1 remember most of them well.
It is pleasant to me to see that you
are still in the swim, and I trust you may so continue
for many years to oome.
Thanking you for your good wishes, I
remain
Tours very truly.
, Cliff or fl.
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel,
Hew York City.
Dear Mr. Clifford:-
y0nr favor of the lf!th instant to Mr.
Edison 7/as reoeived and I placed it on his deBk. He has
written a memorandum on it as follows:
"Sell Clifford that he nifty not he
this.
able to leaoh, aB there nay he things in
the mud that will nee up his acid. Only
a trial will prove it."
I suppose yon will fully understand
Yours very truly.
whm/es
P.S. I enolose an envelope which I have had on ray desk
for you for Jiast two or three days.
! oilman’
Chap Brechor, Sec'
Newark,
Replying -to your letter of the 2?nd inst. t
closing one from the Wright-Dickinson Hotel Co. of Seattl«
relating to our allowance of one half of hill for. repairs
to hue. T would say that the offer w* n^e was fair and
the very host we can do.
\7o did not agree to keen the hue running
day hut did agree t.n,i fiee» to replace dei
it to factory. They did not return th#» !
„ to ret, lane them and get. our rehate froi
Tours
Mrs. Emily Burr oil,
la Hascottc,
Chur oh St.,
Kyle ,
Sydney, H.S.W.,
Australia.
Dear Madam
I "beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor
of June 21st , and for the two very Interesting photographs
of your dog ana cat at the' phonograph. Wiese are certainly
quite unique and I shall take a great deal of pleasure, in
adding them to my oolleotion of pictures at home. Please accept
ray thanks for you:- courtesy in writing and in taking the trouble
to send me those two photographs.
Allow me to aonuro you that it is a source
of much gratification to me to learn that the phonograph has
been a source of so much comfort and pleasure to you. I
trust that you may before long have the opportunity of hearing
the improved form of disc machine upon which I have been spend¬
ing a great deal of time during the last 10 months.
I thought that possibly you might li^e to
have an autographed picture, and- shall take pleasure in sending
one by this present mail.
Yours very truly*
iae/es
Augi.l9th. 1912
Mr. ?oul H- C.r or.’. f ilit ,
national phonograph Co.. ««.,
Will OB (5 <m Junction,
London , H.W.,
Ragland .
Bear Mr. Prowelin:-
X have received your '’aver of the 3rd Inst. ,
in regard to Mortiaolli. nnfl have noto-l its contents carefully.
Can you r.otf make a trade with the Columbia
people whereby no can have Wttttoialli exclusively cither by
paying something, or else hy making . trade in sons way or other?
I mnt one tenor exclusively for advertising purposes only.
please soe what you can do, and if you think
i-t ie desirable, cable me.
Tt'nrs very truly.
tak/ks
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Aug. 20th, 1912
John A. Hell or,
Qulnoy, Illinois.
Dear Sir:-
Allow me to acknowledge the receipt of a
copy of your hook "A ideological View of Nature", and
to thank you for your oourteay In complimenting me there¬
with.
Tours Tory truly.
tae/bs
Mr. Wo. A. Hayes.
o/o Thomas A. Edison, Ltd.,
25 Clerkanwell Road,
London, B.C.,
England.
Itr. Walter Miller asked me to send to you
direct the selections Mr. Edison made from Edith Walker’s
Repertoire. You will find some enclosed, and will see
that he has writton a long memorandum, whioh you can show to
her. Possibly she may express a desire to have this memoran¬
dum to koep. in that case, yon onn take a copy and let her
have the original. You ore fully authorized.
It does not look Uko tho handwriting of a man
who has worked all night for the last .two weeks, but such is the .
fact. He has had one of his extra strenuous spoils lately.
: ho left here for breakfast at 9.20 this morning, and will
then have three or four hours sleep and probably return
soon uf ter lunch.
vet. chas. F. H* l20tion Committee,
fl!’jState Chamber of Commerce,
Passaic, H. «T.
•near sir:-
Yow favor of the 16th Instant with <m-
0l0s,»» ... ro=e».a. »»a a »» «•« n«”* *»
yon herewith rty acceptance of yonr Invitation to a°°“®
1 * « - «“ ~ — ' at“M
Augl 26th, 19X2
Mr. ff. 0. Anderson,
Anderson Electric Car- Op.-, .
Detroit, Hloh.
Dear Mr. Ana era an: -
Yours of the 22nd Instant was received. X
note the death of 2tt. Henry A. Batchelor. I remembor him,
hnt never thought ho would make Rny money. However, I am
glad to learn that he made good.
You a 3k how I am feeling - Well, X worked
122 hours In six days last week, hence X must feel fine -
and do.
How is the Honorable Anderson?
Yours very truly.
tae/ks
‘ E* °* Chamber’ of Commerce,
Boston, Mass.
” 8“!' ^ to yo» «"« °* «“ *** los,ant'
„ to ... that x — — 4 - ‘ " ^
JL to handle the — «***« *- * ■»
„„«» tale too or three »*» *« Sot *lu’'
. rorhiod order, « — « “ *« " “11 *
„od on a mil defined W>. I ’»»1* *W«. therefore,
yon „„it about thirty day before nomine d.m to nee the
I^t and to dieo.ee the metier. If. - -
other information, I mould e.M»*t that yon «
ffltohi.» *t e jeB(!rtstl0„ of the demonstrating
mTont in yeDterflay’8 H®77 v°:i^: tori
39
Mr. waiter Miller,
. Edison Recording Rooms,
79 Fifth Ave. ,
Hew York City-
Aug. 27th, 1912
Dear Mr. Mill or: -
Mr. EdiBon wants you to make disc records
of five duetts to he sung hy Mrs. T. 0. Staats and Mrs. G. .7.
Kirwan when they return from their vacation within the next
two or three weeks.
The selections are as follows:
Duett — Hear Me “ Norma
n from Forza del Destino
it __ Ave Maria — Gounod
n — Ave Maria -- Sohuhert
n — Quis est Homo — Stahat Mater
I have aneeeatea to Bra. Stotts that ah.
eenfl thia letter to ««dW JOT to r»*a the tale.
YourB very truly.
whm/es
Aug. 28th, 1912
Mr. J. II. Priaulx,
Messrs. ChaB. H. Pitson & Oo.,
10 East 34th St. ,
Hew York City.
Dear Mr. priaulx:-
I enclose herewith two lists of Operas for
which we want to obtain vocal scores. As far as yon possibly
can, send these In the original language and English, i.e.,
where it is an Italian opera, we W^Wltts to get the Italian
and English words.
As I am going away for a vacation, I beg
to ask that you will kindly address the shipment or shipments
to Mr. 0. Bing, Edison Laboratory. Orange. N.J., and bill
the same to Thomas A. Edison; sending the bill also to Mr.
Bing so that he can check the same.
We are in a very particular hurry for the
following , which are included in the above list, namely:
Stradella
Magic Elute
Joseph in Egypt
Zar & Zimrnexmann
le Cid
J.M.P. (2) Aug . 28/12
Will you pleaae also sand as quickly as
possible the following songB:
Idealo Tost!
Die Haohtigall . Goldmark
Diebesglflok Buohsr
Morgan . R- Strauss
7 une Gung R« Strauss
In Melner Haimat Wird as
Jetzt Pruhllng Hildaoh
Das Erst© Died Gramann
Yours truly,
whm/es
if the 28th instant regnn'
film received. Mr. TSdis
you that he vrould like t'
ihe Hon-Inneamehlf
ienireB mn to vrrtti
ir represent stive at the 7
onmtnc over m&t advice
to make
Ho. 907 Orange,
429
:cept Monsieur and Madame Morris Loeb’s
Congress of Applied Chemistry, Monday, Sept "mb-*”.
second, nineteen hundred t,welvi
BesBeetf ill tar' vours,
General Electric Co.. .
Schenectady, Hew York.
My dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 3rd
instant regarding the origination of the custom
of free lamp renewals, Mr. Ed l eon directs me
to quote you ns follows
Kl wap the first and always insisted
or. selling light instead of electricity. Had they
not changed the Tungsten lamp would have wade the
companies richer instead of poorer. We sold light for
many years when some d-~-~d fool stopped it and sold
current, and, all the other sheen followed."
Yours very truly.
H. Johnson, Ssq.* »
Commercial Cribls
20 Broad St
Beat Mr. Johnson: -
Your letter of the SSth'' asking
lf it io true that Hr. Edison la for "Teddy-
received. In reply he directs mo to "rite you
that of course it is correct. there —
other reasons vrtiy he is for Boos-V
Yours very truly, .
■ :
dopy of teleferam sent t<
W/ J?. Ions, Sao’y,
Pennsylvania Electric Association,
Bedford Springs, Pa.
Please convey to 'the Ifembers of your Association ray
appreciation of their congratulatory resolution on the thirtieth
anniversary of the beginning of the incandescent lighting industry.
Thomas A. Edison.
The Crane Company,
Hr. H. Hounsli
45 Mechanic St.,
Newark, 3,
My dear Sir:
Your letter of the 30th ult. received,
which he could easily have f<
unhappy, so I told all of my
to cut the Crane Company out
them: that, of course , made :
with
haw;
Sept. 12/lB
Messrs. Chas. H. Ditson & Co..
10 Bast 34th St..
Hew Tort City.
Gentlemen
Sty Bine Haters'
Kindly send one copy of "l
Tour prompt attention will
Yours very truly.
4fM.
1 the land of the
greatly oblige
SECRETARY
Sept! 12th, 1912
Deatsohee Mae earn,
ZweihrnokenBtrasBe 12,
Manohen, Germany.
Y0n* favor of the 27th alt. to Mr. Thomas
A. Edison received, hat fail to find the certificate which
yoa say yoa encloBed. The same wee no doaht omitted hy an
oversight.
yoaro very truly.
SECRET ART
Sept. 12/12
The Par hue publishing Co. ,
Pixat national Bank Biag. ,
Chicago, Ill.
Gentlemen
Kindly send to Kr. Edison one copy of "The
Cannibals of Finance" by Arthur B. St il well.
Yours very truly.
^ ;r r ‘ :
S.t el rvmetz •
0*a0NN0R SLOAIJS h«
id me to- give a. letter of introduction to you,
introducing Hr. Emil Riohter, who is visiting
Araori ca.
rery truly,
Chas,
General Electric Cs
Schenectady,
York.
J.R.M.
-2-
Sept. 19 /is
with the care of agencies. We have no agents for the sale
of the storage hattery. ae our polioy ie to Bell airect to
manuf aotur ors of automobiles . etc. ana to railrosas. We have
two or three young men who go out from our office when oocasio,
,-emanas. tat they belong to cur of -ice force. Hence, you see.
I am unable to open an agency, as that would mean an entire
chan go all through our whole system.
Your 6 very truly.
Oct. 1st, 1912
*
a/'
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Mr. Honri Robert, Engineer,
Rue ass Tllleuls 13,
la Chaux ae Fonas,
France.
Dear Sir : -
your favor of the 6th ult . , in regard to
the direct transformation of caloric into electric energy,
has been received. In renly I beg to say that some years
ago I did some work on this rpoblem, hut other matters came
up ana I was obliged to lay it aside.
! ara so exceedingly busy day and night on
W business affairs and experimental work that I oannot find
tir, to l^ok up my old reoords to see ** exactly -t I
during uiv invention, but I think you will find in
” ;.«„<* *• * -• *“ ^ “■
1 tlM * p.™«- » «• * -
- .,o-ckinp on this problem and ao not see any nrosroc o:
n0''+ ^ un for a long time to come. ITo doubt, some in-
vLtor will ultimately bring out something that will be of
value in this connection.
Yours very truly.
tae/rs
-
The Lansdon co. .
I*r. W. X. Case, Gen'l Mgr.,
394 Fr elinghuysen Avc.,
Ilewark, I!.J.
Replying to your letter of the 20th ult. ,
regarding the battery for the runabout sola your company,
I have been making a further investigation of the matter
ana fina that the ■
i at which the machine
to you. namely .$1850.00, included a battery of "E-18" cells.
The machine was built about eight years ago and was equipped
with an "E-18" battery. It waB kept in Hew York City for
the use of Mr. lansden, and when he left the Company it was tu
ea over to Mr. feXTho borrowed an A-6 battery from the
Edison Storage Battery co. and turned in to them the "E-18"
cells, later he turned the machine over to you with the borr<
eellB which were subsequently billed to you. I should think
m them for the old cells.
Trusting that this information will e
, to straighten out the matter with them. I remain
Yours very truly,
SmCRE'i'ARY
' X,. Case, Gen'IKgx..
394 Prelinglmyseii Ave . ,
llewaxk, H.. I.
Tho wagon returned ty «io C"'“" °°”
or Chicago . now .t the Brie Freight 1» »■»**• *"
inspected tea., By tt. Baohnau. »• »• «* «» "«“• “*
„.s found in ouch . tea couaitlou that v. .«mt ccoept It.
They .greed to return the wagon at the end of the year in ae
good condition a. received less nature! wear end tear -or the
tine in service. '***'
.. would II*. you to advise no that the cost
would he to put the wagon in os.He condition, so that u. can
at an eouit.hl. adju.t.«t with the Ol.en Cartage oo. Our
legal Departs ent sdvis.d u. not to t.*e it rr„ the Bailrn,.
until w. ad duet the ratter with the ol.en Oort.g. ~
woulfl slso like to '
ill correspondent*0
hpk/bs
BQ.‘
Oot. 4/12
Col. J. I,'.. huffoy,
341 Sixth Ave.,
Pittsburgh, Pa.
My dear Sir
Your favor of the let instant has been re-
ooived and its contents noted with *uuch interest.
in ren^y I would say that Mr. Clifford's
statements to you are correct as to the grinding and concen¬
trating process, except as to cost per ton. I have no data
on this and I'r. Clifford's figures seem to be low. However.
I can say that we have operated the fine crushing rolls for
over seven years at our Cement Tories at Hew Village, Hew
jersey, where you can see them in operation. Clifford is an
extreme optimist, and I heap advising him to go slow, and
•ouild a small mill at first and try it on the dog, so to speak.
If you investigate personally I think you
will find that the process we have here is out of the regu-
!„ Uno Mi «*•'«< ««• «* ^ •*"**
TA3/3S
Yours very truly.
oct. 8th, 1912
, S. Andrews,
Albemarle Hotel,
XXadison Square,
II cw York City.
I am more then pleased this morning to receive
wir favor of yesterday, in which you tell mo that you have had
tv.c r0Cfl fortune to secure one of the old "Z" dynamos at Walsh'e
V/hat a fortunate thine it was that you went there first. .It
Gavea a whole lot of trouble and now I-’r. Hob will be able to
V(k01, tlll0 for permanent exhibition. I am glad alao that the
machine was in such good condition, you secured e prise,
er.d I congratulate you.
Your a very truly,
TAE/3S 7
Oct. 8th, 1912
The Boston Piano >'■ Music uo.,
Mr. W. 7. Maine, President,
Iowa City, Xowa.
Tour favor of the 28th ult. has been received,
and In reply 1 be* to sny that there are two good reasons why
we set u price upon our goods.
1st. - Because we have a right to do so, which
right is given uc by the United states government tinder the
patent lows.
2nd . - To prevent the ruining of our factory
business . for if trices were not fixed they would be cut below
the cost of production by Department Stores end others, ana
regular dealers would refuse to handle the goods.
Your presumption is wrong.- I am going to
vote for Koosevelt.
Tours very truly.
tae/ss
Oct. 11, 1912.
>>*
r
Public Service Electric Co.,
Eewark, Hew Jersey.
Dear Sirs;-
Your favor of the 17th ultimo received.
I own the real estate and buildings at Belmont
Avenue and Franklin Street, occupied under lease by the
Federal Storage Battery Car Company. X have in the
past furnished them with current from our plant at the
Edison Chemical Works on Belmont Avenue, at Silver Lake,
which X also own.
As the present facilities which we operate at
the Chemical Works are not adequate either for the Primary
Battery or Chemical Works there nor for the Federal Co.
at Franklin Street, we plan to secure an installation from
you with a supply of current sufficient to provide for all
needs, the same to be furniehed under one contract, and if
I 'take such contract with you, I would in the future as I
have in the past, furnish current to the Federal Company
as well as lease the land and buildings to
You^B-'fery trijl y ,
GOG
Oct.
14th, 1912
mho Rodeheayer Co- ,
14 V/eat Washington St.,
Chicago, Ill.
Oentlcnen:-
Your favor of the 9th instant, together with
sample of Bull Moose Camnaign novelty, namoly, a bandanna
with song pr intea thereon, has been received. Win you
v>leaso send me four aoson of these hnnaannas. Kindly send
them to my Assistant. Mr. W. H. Moadoweroft. at this address.
Yours very truly ,
.0
I «.b/ss
A. 3. PhontiBdos,
21 tiller y St.,
Cambridge, I>»ss
coir.a. n roply I Kg to a.y thot for ao~ «» f* 1
tooo poking praparntiona to in.tit.ta a Wf °* *•“»-
inE in aohoola by toaaa of notion piotnxoa. th. I»
thiok I l»T. MU ont 1. gnit. ooWrohonaita. ang “»
aomo two to bring to oonplation. I V»r= g««a a largo ataff
of ayn.rtn in variant lino, of kno.loiga oonatantly ong«gaa in
notion piotnra. to bo «..« i« "*»<«■ rf 8t”aj’
-e ore •ooniinlatlng a largo nn.bor of fil»= to oarry ont
thio plan. The nark i. progresaing a.y ana nigM, mt thoro
j, ,aat n.onnt of it to ho aona. ana it wm to aa~ 1«tle
two haforo J anoil ho ablo to pr.oant ayatanatio oonr.a. of
study for the schools.
•e-i any pamphlets or
ciih j oct of teaching hy
i yot. You may he interest i
howover, in reaamg an
Kendowor oft. This v/ae published In J.oslle’s fleeMyr '
ss\p/«
Oat. 14/12
tember 19th. You will undoubtedly find this at one of
libraries in your vicinity.
yours very truly.
;‘ii fiTiTimuitm; t j ? {?;»?!!!! IfilUiiSIil
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Ur. 1. *». Proudfoot,
149 Broadway,
Singer Blag.,
Kew York City.
Dear Sir:-
lir. Baison Bos "bowl asked to beoome one of
the First One mwdrea life Members of The luther Bar hank
i
i
Society, which is located In Santo Robb, Cal. If this is
till right, he is desirous of signing the application, and of
sending a subscription. He h*« asked ne, however, to write
• to you to f.sk you to kindly see if this is ail right and let
n.7 „f- yam eerfist possible convenience, ;’S the time
1 a United.
Mr .
Chisholm,
!200 Fifth Ave.,
Trow Tori: City.
D ear Sir : -
t beg to aolmovaeage receipt of your favor
o.f Eth, and of letter of your secretary, Hr, Crockett,
under date of September 18th, and also of a copy of the pamphlet
relating to' tlio Bumf or A Mechanics Institute, v/htoh I have found
very frosting. I beg to extend my thanks to you for this
TAT./SS
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-091 (1912-1913)
This letterbook covers the period October 1912-January 1913. Most of
the correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Many of the
items relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison's alkaline
storage battery, including its use in delivery trucks. Additional letters pertain
to Edison’s phonograph and motion picture businesses; visitors to his
laboratory in West Orange; and the inventor’s opinions on economic and
political matters, as well as his musical tastes. There is also an item
concerning the death of Edison’s mother-in-law, Mary V. Miller. Among the
correspondents are Edison associate Paul H. Cromelin, financier and
Progressive Party leader George W. Perkins, and industrialist Charles M.
Schwab.
The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From Oct. 19, 1912. To Jan. 8,
1913." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"30." The book contains 694 numbered pages and an index. Less than 10
percent of the book has been selected.
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10
Oct. 21/12
"hai-.fts' 4. '£ Wiaon, Ltd,,
",’11113 don Junction,
Lon don, L.n.’ England.
Ret 11 Tint r to your '’svor of M,e 5th Instant
.F.r.n, In tor rd t o nahing a report on vv»e record
Dorie. T oep to nay thnv, this report -.7as to
through an error , tho j-nc.e wns rads Madam Dana
Howcvir, I give you below a duplicate of tho
AVGUSTA
DCRIA
SCALE- un». *■' on volume- considerable tremolo
SOU!? --Hot good - v;e havo three other singers
i icing this much better.
Iiol’ DESIBA3LE S3U0EE.
-rh-i '
hi 3
: any for your -infer met! on that Hr.
roc or d again yesterday, hut had n<
iriglnal opinion.
onr.not
not men
pnblisi
As X um v/r iting, it occurs to sue to ssy
hr.t eoretimos Kr . Edison tapes a fancy to a song
tr.:::,? for those trlalc., and wants to get it. We
1— -vs obtain such songs ob the composer's name is
ioned. Could you not mention the composer's and
ir's Ilam.es in your memoranda accompanying trial recc
ho a ,'r eat e~nvon ienoe if you car. do so.
YourB very truly.
whe/ es
14
Oct. 21, 1912.
J. F. Tionnot, Esq. ,
31, Rue Darue,
Pari 8, France.
Dear Sir:-
Encloaed herewith find letter from UessrB.
David Owen and Son, Liverpool, England, requeating
information regarding the otorage battery. Kindly
give the same your usual prompt attention and oblige,
Yours very truly.
Assistant Secretary.
48
Oct. 2Bth, 1912
Mrs. C. " . Bromley,
2' r. u, 104th St.,
Non York City.
j,iy dejor Era. Bromley
At last Mr. Edison has been able to devote
tiire to hearing o lot of the trial reeorae. Among them, he
heard the "Harbor of love" sting by your son. His criticism
it Was that it is too weak in places, and that the solo
voice was not. mallow on this record. He also criticises the
chorus , but. of course, that was not your son's fault. He
did net accept the record for comBoroial purposes.
This criticism has been Bent over to Mr.
Miller fit the Recording Rooms, which loaves the matter in his
i ho deems necessary to givo it
hands ter <
under Mr. Edison's goner*! directions.
t am sorry -that, it has turned out so, hut think
i+ well to acquaint you with the facts.
Yours very truly.
15 ° fat tonal Head Quarters, progressive Perty,
Manhattan Hotel,
Pew Yo&City.
My dear Hr. Perkins
Kx Edison has asked me to sona to you the
enclosed letter from Hr. Henry B. HBigh. together with
clipping from the Perth American therein referred to. He
thinks it will interest you.
Yours very truly,
ItfrUu****" "-'fy
wkh/ss
yr. Harold w. Slauaon,
Leslie's Weekly,
226 ?ifth Ave.,
Hew rork City.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your favor of the 2«th -‘nstant,
asking mo to send you a statement of my views p regard to
tho elootrlo automobile as a competitor to tV gasoline tjp
for touring, I beg to say that my entire ti/*. a*7 1013
ir, so thoroughly occupied in attending to matters of gr
•^•■portanoe that I am really overworked, consequently, 7
MU he unable to give the time to coepl* with your request.
Your b very iruly „
Tolii/sS
Hi
oot. 30/l2
Ur. E* !£. Cocde,
0/0 Hew york Edison Co, ,
55 Duane St. ,
Dev; York City.
D9ar sir
Your favor of the 22nfl instant, asking for
ray Impressions of tho Electrical Exposition at Grand central
palace, boa been received.
Allow me to say in reply that I could not
very well write any impressions of the Exposition, as I was
on!* there once, on She day of the luncheon, and the exhibits we
not then ready, 1 had only a short time to look around, and
was after-wards too busy to get over again.
I3y energies are so concentrated day and nigh
on some very important matters Just now, so I shall be unable
. the time for the interview you mention.
Yours
spar 1
very
11
Mr. Edward H. Johnson,
20 Bros a St. ,
How York City.
Dear johnBon:-
Oo t. 30/12
1 never thought at all of the things you
speak of in your letter of the 2flth.
All I aid think of is the fact that our
hank occ cunt has fallen very low and is still foiling -
tOO UlUCh SO in View Of the notoe X tun oorryiag ia -bho ScmVfl.
X have had great delay in getting our disc
machine out,- due as usual to the incompetence of «• "“J*
This delay In getting the discs out has tied up in the factory
.$800,000 worth of phonographs which X cannot ship without discs.
So you see I am hard pushed for ready cash
.just now - Wien X have it you can always have a little slice
now end then for personal use.
Regarding the matter of
turn* »o« *« “‘ii’F.Ti'SH.ttoe nw »«w
dollars a year dead easy.
yours sincerj
124
Mr. 0. K. Downing ,
150 Hillside Ave. ,
Howark, u.J.
Bov. 5th, 1912
Dear Mr. Downing
I intended to say to you hoforo 1 left last
night that T would send you a lottor in regard to your mak¬
ing s trial phonograph record.
Ho?fevor, here it ie. Mr . Edison would like
voxi to go to 79 Fifth Ave. , now York at your oonwenienoe, ana
see Mr. Walter H. Killer, Who will take two trial reoordB ana
send thcr. out here +o Hr. Edison in order that he may hear them
cna •j-aer upon thorn. I think it would prohahly he well for you
to write to Mr. Killer firBt and make an appointment. If you
will Tie sent the enclosed card when you eo to make the reaords,
l‘r. Killer will keep it anfl send it over with them for identi-
Yours -very truly.
147.
yr. loo. H. Downing,
ISO Hillside Ave.,
Kewnr^. H.J-
My dour Kr. Downing
Tour favor of the 6th instant has been re-
ooi vo'i ;.na Its oontcntB noted. I have consulted with I-Tr.
Sdison in regard thereto.
On the whole, it ray he just ob well that
you do not go to our Hew Tork weoording Hoono at rreeent.
They look upon the work as entirely I*°;e^onal and ore
very exacting in thoir requirements. As their e<uitnont
~ rore reoordB of your songs «na send then over oO
l'r“ Edison for his hearing, and their duty
If ho wanted you to rake further reoordshc_wouldsendyou
there again, and the enrne process would he eone through.
little before
yon wait a f s'
equipnont hor<
ready you nay
in view of your desire to experiment n
f-oro raising s real record, lir. Edison suggests .hat
a few weoki, as he expects to rig np n reoord-nnxing
't the laboratory. Ho Bays
,mo over whenever you please and .expel inent
way you suggest.
Trusting this will be s
wht/hs
Hov. 8, 1912
la.', P. L« J. Boettcher ,
1211 8 Street, H.E..
Washington, D.C.
ftocx 3 ir : -
I am in reoeipt of your favor of ovn
instant in regard to the proposition of on universal alphabet.
You ask if the phonograph can ho so altered
os to admit reaaily of setting the same at any particular
place or sound and to prolong and repeat that soimd aa libitum.
In reply to your question I would say that it can.
I notice you use the ward "graph oph one”
throughout your letter. The instrument made by me is called
the "phonograph", and v;ub so named vftien r invented it in the
•j oer 1877.
Yours very truly.
tab/es
i?
Bov. 8th, 1912
IlluBtratea outdoor World ana Recreation,
2 Buane street.
Hew ?ork City.
Gentleraen:-
X am In receipt of your favor informing me
tflat at the instance of Kr- Chaa. mills Ward yon have enter¬
ed ny name for a complimentary subscription for one year .
Allow me to thank yon for the oonrteay ana to say that I
shall he Interested in looTring over tho publication as 1*
arrives.
Tours vory truly.
tae/ts
Nov. 12, 1912.
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co.,.
Rochester, New York.
Gentlemen:
Your. letter of the 6th instant regarding
Mr. John R. Anderson, Jr., received.
In reply will say that Anderson is a good
sketcher of ideas, makes perspective pictures very
rapidly of proposed experimental machines and is
pretty familiar with modem manufacturing. Is
pretty fair in systematizing and is a pretty fair
designer.
1 would not let him go if it were not for
the fact that he and some of my head men cannot get
along:- perhaps he can with yours.
Yours^very truly,
a ^-'c- ■
Prof 4 Dr. Julius jjonath,
Balvany-utoza 4,
Bidapest, v,
Hungary.
In reply to your letter of the 28th ult..
allow me to aay. that 1 do l
: drinfc anything containing
alcohol. I find that I oannot proauoe resultB with a hrain
made stupid with aloohol.
Mr. George v; . Perkins,
71 Broadway,
Hr 7 York City.
Friend Perkins :-
Wil' you kindly have one of your men get
out the following dic.;a for me:
leaving out of consideration those Southern
States which always vote for the Democratic party, no matter
Who the candidate is, or what the platform promises?* and also
leaving out of consider at ion. -a conserve tively estimated per¬
centage of dyed-in-the-wool Republicans who would vote nothin
hut the party ticket undar any conditions; in other words,
a fixed constant, not amenable to reason;
How many persons voted respectively for
Wilson, T&ft and Roosevelt?
Yours very truly.
Hov. 14th, 1912
I I
Hr. v/ro. a. Collins,
1615 jjeooursey Ave.,
Covington, Ky.
Bear Sir?-
ISr . Eaisen received yours of the 11th Instant
and also the photograph of your mother, which latter 3s re¬
turned herewith.
He states that he never heard of your mother,
and os ho is overwhelmed with appllootiono tox nnanoisl as¬
sistance it is impossible for "him to respond favorably thereto.
Yours respectfully.
EDISOU LABORATORY
22K
Nov. 14th, 1912
Harvard Wireless ulub,
Cambridge, Maas.
Gentlemen: -
I am in receipt of a letter from your cioore-
tary, Kr. H. E.Rowson, announcing the fact that you hove
ejected me ns Honorary Member of yonr Society.
Allw me to thnnTc you and to express py
grateful appreciation of the honor you have tnus conferred
Yours very truly,""
fAE/mS
241
. Harry Cronlngor, \
O/O Speedwell Motor Car Co.,
Dayton, Ohio.
Mr. Croningex
1 an in receipt of your favor of ths 13th inoten
ig incuiry in regard to the progress that has been made with
electric .light delivery wagon.
T.et roe soy in reply that I am now up to Ho. 5
: i Rental wagon, an<l an still running it over the worse
is of road that j could find anywhere. I have eet ob a
a ay a of re nr.- iron ante that such a wagon shall run 2000 miles
out a hr Mil: over this had road. T/ith No. 5 wagon, wo have
eedad in running 700 nlles up to this morning. Of course,
rrnot tell whether No. fi wagon will live to fulfill my
wo are nakingjgtog-rasfffr"
is vety-'fcruly,
that
S84
nov. 21, 1912.
Mias Bessie Hunt,
Ban Claire, Mich.
Dear Madam:
X Tjog to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 16th instant, and am plecRed to have suoh
a fnvor&hio expression of opinion from you as to the
quality of reproduction given hy our Blue Amherol record,
fou will soon have an opportunity to hear my new disc
phonograph, whioh I think will please you still moro.
In reply to your inquiry let me say that
we will have the heat grand opera singers making records
for us.
Yours very truly,
294
Ky dear Schwab:
I am informed that part of your selling
department has operated for several years under a plan
originated hy Mr. Arthur Jerome Eddy whoso hook on "the Hew
Competition" X have read.
one of my companies is considering the
plan, ana I non*. srontlp appoint, it M yon
„ to rrhnt ontent the plan 1»» fen ouooes.ini or oth.roln..
Yours very truly.
/•
. Bov. 25, 1912.
Mr. B. C. Tousey,
Ooooanut Grove,
Florida.
Dear Sir:
Your favor of the twentieth inBtant
in regard to grapefruit has heen received.
In reply I heg to say that I have a
grove of ray own at Fort Myers, Fla., and get all the
grapefruit I need from there. let me suggest that you
get a copy of the Blite Directory and also a copy of
"Who is Who." By sending a nice oiroular letter to the
parties mentioned in these hooks, you would prohahly he
able to work up a aireot trade of considerable value.
Yours very truly,
. Hot.. £5. 1912.
Mr. m. H. Collins,
1615 Deeoursey Ave. ,
Covington, Ky.
Dear Sir:
Your second letter to Hr. Edison
was received, and he has made an investigation of the
facta yon refer to. This investigation shows that
yon are mistaken in your belief. The night he waB born
Mr. Edison was washed and dreBBed by a close relative
of the family.
There is another thing in which yon
are tn error, and that is, Mr. Edison’s family was never
poor in the sense that they needed help from the neigh¬
bors.
Yours respectfully.
EDISON LABORATORY.
iO':-.-
, Hov. 25, 1912.
Mr. L. Hugh I'orfae,
£4 Waldegraw Road.
Brighton, Snglana.
Bear Sir;
Your letter has been received and
its sentiments and good wishes are greatly appreciated
hy me. Let ne reoiprocate by wishing you all success
in the profession you have chosen for your life's wo-rk.
It is a noble profession and there are always great
opportunities therein for these whose motto is "?hink
and work."
tn accordance with, your request, I am
sending a signed photograph.
Yours very truly.
Sefoi-rine to your fav
t* concerning tlie jro^oso
olcly o"b tained. hy comoinin
r to the latent Committoo
od over the article you li
• N°v. 26, 1912
Mrs. Gertrude Renaud,
General Delivery,
Seattle, Wash.
Dear Madam:
I have received your letter of
the eighteenth instant together with the photograph
of your two fine-looking hoys, which I shall take
pleasure in adding to ny collection of pictures.
vntirs truly.
•x . pnvid P. Wohlhaupt er ,
700 "enth fitreot,
'•.’r.r.hington, !).
pour Sir :
v0nr .favor of the twenty-third
. * -v T.<rL'nV T,. pyor hoc been referred to me.
moved his office to .iO.v
m ”I>W*;.C"n“lS”i=nr;“»r3
ir«
old model
there hoi
V.™ no ^t^t^hihits ^ up.
T RP1 thoroughly fontlin
with whet
aBATs-. s-^s^
30ch0t T
■Por you would ho to examine ... e i. inventions.
r”
twelve years thereafter.
Bert Ball,
Or op Improvement Coraraittoi
Board of Trade,
Chicago, TUB.
X am in receipt of your favor of
the twenty-ninth alto., together with the scenario and
> hotographs enclosed. T an glad to learn that the educa¬
tional campaign, which T have commenced, 1b so thoruugmy
appreciated hy you.
In reply to your question I would
cay that ell the work of the agricultural station in
ev»ry hind of crop, and in the most minute details, will
ho put into tho school pictures in due time. '"here has
been a vast amount of preliminary work to do, and I have
fathered around me n staff of very competent men for this
educational work. ”'c have already gotJ on out a large
rrintity of picture films in various branches of study,
hut" t have not yet started upon the agricultural part of
my campaign. However, I Bhall take it up in due course.
t am not quite sure, what you wish
to vnvo mo do in rogard'to tho scenario which you enclosed
in vour letter. Be you desire mo to have my company give
estimate as to the cost of a notion picture frlm
Yours very truly,
j return your photograph. herewith.
; --resting .
, Dec. 3, 1912.
]'r . H.
H. liarvin, Pres*,
rot ion Picture patents Co..
BO Fifth Ava.,
How York City.
Dear Kr . Marvin:
I ar.
of the 2nd instant invitine
Dinner to the manufacturers
in receipt of your favor
ne to attenfl the Annurl
on the 16th instant, an*
thank you
therefor.
■Tust now T an very hnsy indoea.
sit all possible I shall he with you on
vonrs very truly".
hut if it ts e
that occasion.
Deo. 5th, 191,
Dr. J. K. Centra,
406 Portland Block,
Chioago, Ill.
Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the
2nd ultimo asking whether we can furnish motion picture
films for making, the demonstration apeoifioally mentioned
therein.
Replying hereto 1 beg to say that at
present we have our hands full in making tlUoa of the
Life’s Histo&y of eoonomio insects, bacteria , and elemen¬
tary mechanics, and therefore we shall he unable at the
present to take anything outside of our school line*
These things will take up our whole attention for some-
;ime ti
Yours very truly.
How York City,
Dear Hr. Robins;
Aliev; ne to thank you for your kina
favor of the twenty-sixth ulto,, nnfl although it is
.nearly three months in advance of ny birthday, I appre¬
ciate and thank you for your good 'wishes just the same.
I have also received the little cloc-
tric lighting tablet that you were good onough to send me.
It is a very neat tiling, nnd 1 appreciate your courtesy
Deo. 6th, 19X2.
E. Eitton,
R Eerwin Sheet,
Boston, Mass.
I om in receipt of your favor of
the 29th ultimo, in record to the Edison Ore Hilling
Company.
In reply 1 be6 to say that the
ssTSin semes*. ss is?.‘|.:^5orj«t>
2SRJ 5 2S#S££ 3£«. - ..... co»w
operated with commercial success.
Yours very truly.
U-
/
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Kr. Handall Hargreaves,
160 Claremont Avenue,
Hew York City.
Dear 3ir:-
Your favor of the 2nd inst. together with
the printed folder, came to hand in due time. It is very
„«.tifjiw « I..*- «“* rrt“a "r- ,rl*“1*
„„ rtth hi. euoh a fWM> "»u*a" °f ”“°t
visit to the laboratory.
X have shown your letter and folder to
Mr. Edison, who says that when he has a little more time
spare he would be very glad « r» come out here
and sing for him so that he might hear your voice
suppose this would be *uite agreeable to you and will
' no. h. is *«’ “a
ou a iarco aoo-latloa of voh, 1™«“- m«.«. “
Yours very truly,
nee. 3,1th, 191
lira. M. Ames Cushman,
484 Lake Avenue,
St. Louis, Mo.
Dear Madam: -
I an in receipt of your favor
in re card to nmoke abatement , particularly with
reference to the smoke from locomotives. Let
me any in reply that the storage battery railway
and street car are no w being rapidly introduced,
and we believe that in time the Railroads will
adapt it for their suburban use. - -
Yours very trul-yr"
Deo. 12th, 1912.
Hacks naaok ,
H. J.
Dear Sir:-
I am in reoeipt of your favor of the 10th
inBtant, in regard to the question of the value of gold.
In reply I beg to say that I have never written on this
line, but I did moke certain statements in an interview
which, os I remember it, was printed in "Saturday Evening
Post" some where about a year ago.
La ray opinion, the use of gold as money
and the countless billions of bonds, -mortgages, etc., all
payable in this fltictuating commodity is a dangerous
thing, and some day there will a financial catastrophe.
This letter is personal to you and not
for publication.
J u
p. P. Fish, Kaci.,
84 State Street,
Boston, Mass.
My dear Ur. Fiah:-
1 am in receipt of your
favor of the 10th Hurt., aahine for an inter¬
ne*. i am afraid you would have a lone wait
you tried to catch me in How YorV., for I
;0 there as little as I can possibly help.
that is only about twice a year. X ^11 e
very £lad to nee you if you will oowo ove
J x would suecost
Mi* laboratory at any time.
in advance to my assistant,
Deo. 16th, 1912.
Mias Ruth Graham,
159 Horth 22nd St.,
Eaat Orange, n. j.
Dear Mina Graham :-
Heferring to our telephone conversa¬
tion this morning, I have asked Mr. Edison to set a time
when he will hear yon sing for him. He saya Wednesday
morning of this week will he a convenient time, and 1
would, therefore, suggest that you oome over about 10-
o-olock in the morning of that day.
Yours very truly.
Dec. 16th, 1912
Mr. John VI. Howell ,
General Ele ot rio Co . ,
Harrison, H. J.
Dear Mr. Howell
Mr. Edison reoeived your favor of
the 12th inst. in regard to a photograph for llr.Hemane,
who came over to the laboratory about a year ago. .Mr.
Edison was very glad to comply with your- request , and
has autographed a photograph, whioh I am sending to
you by mail today. I trust it will be received safely.
With kind regards and compliments
of the season, I remain,
Yours very truly.
Deo. 16th, 1912,
Peter J. Hughes, Esci., President.
Pa. Panama & Pacific Terminal Co.,
Land Title Building,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Dear Mr. Hughes
Your favor of the 12th inst.
na3 received, and in reply let me say that I shall
he glad to see you and Major Gillette v;hen he re-
tjyrna from Mexico.
Wishing you the compliments
of the season, I remain,
Ur. B. C. Wright,
Advertising Dept.,
361 Broadway, Hew York.
Your favor of the 12th instant has
i received and its contents noted.
Bet me say in reply that at the
lent time we cannot advertise for the reason that
ire so rushed v/e oannot deliver the goods. How-
-, we hope to relieve the congestion shortly and
will then start up c
: advertising again.
. j%.:, a C\~
Deo. 21st, 191
F. P. Pish, Esq. ,
84 State Street,
Boston, Mass.
Dear Mr. Pish: -
This is to confirm a telegram sent to
you this morning at Mr. Edison' b request. The telegram
reads as follows:
"Can see you on Tuesday morning any
time after eight thirty o'clock.
ThomaB A. Edison."
Allow me to suggest for your informa¬
tion that trains leave Hoboken at 8.20; 0.30 and 9.3u A. M.
The Hew York leaving time is fifteen or twenty minutes
earlier. 1 usually take the <8.20 train.
Yours very truly,
Deo. 24, 1912,
Benson Mines Co.,
1410 Real Estate Trust Blag. ,
Philadelphia, Penna.
Deal' Sire:-
Yours of the 20th instant requesting the
loan of a small hand magnet received. Mr. Edison
directs me to write you that some time ago we made
one for you and he would like to know what became
of it.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
■ Deo* 23rd , 1912..
Mr. R. Harry Croninger,
# Speedwell Motor Car Co.,
Dear Mr. Croninger: -
Your favor of the 18th lnetant In
regard to the small electric delivery wagon has heen
received.
In reply allow me to say that it is
too early to enter into arrangements of the kind you
suggest . I do not want to ao anything definite on this
line until I have finished my tests and am sure that I
have what I started out for.
December 24, 12
Talbot Root, Esq.,
52 Broadway, New York.
Dear Sir:-
Replying to your letter of the 20th instant
Mr. Edison directs me to write you that he ie compelled
to hold the Glen Ridge property for a. while for storage
purposes until he finishes some 'buildings at Orange,
when he will be in a position to take up the matter of
its 8 ale.
YourB very truly, , ,
MM
Secretary
Dec. 23rd, 1912
Mr. Martin R. Thomas ,
Cassaday, Kentucky.
Dear Sir:-
I have received your favor of the 19th instant
in regard to your idea for talking motion pictures. You are
mistaken when you say that you left with ^ ^^^^^ “pecifioa-
tion and drawings of your idea tor nynohroni Ken motion pictures.
The only thing you did was to write me a letter under date of
June 13, 1911. stating that you had a plan for producing talk¬
ing motion piotures and asking my permission to forward blue
prints.
I answered your letter under date of June 30,
to the press.
If you sent any drawings or blue prints 1 ***
SUS--S
the newspapers of that time. Po i ^ the aetaliB of my own
have had a staff o p. amount of money perfecting the
plans and have spent a large omw “ . emhodying my own
same. Practical m” to thlFrepreaentativen months
inventions, hadheenshown hy me^to waaare^elv.ed . Theoe talk-
ing°piotures will he eSited to the P«hlio in theatres ne*t
month.
avoid any mi sunder standing. y
Deo . 24th, 1912.
Messrs. John Daniel! , Son & Sons,
757 Broadway,
New York City.
Gentlemen:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the 21st
instant making enquiry about the small Eleotrlo Delivery Wagon,
on which 1 have been working for some time.
let me say in reply that at the time my
representative called on you, I had built and was testing Ex-
nerimental 7/agon Ho. 1. She standard of perfection that
I had set for a successful vehiole was that it should run at
least 2 ,000 miles over the very worst roads that could be
found, and in all conditions of weather, without breaking ao«.
X personally wont out and selected the roads and I “a assure
you that the ones I chose are something awful; full of seams,
ruts and bumps*
Wagon Ho-1 broke down, and so did Hos. 2,
3 and 4 although improvement wus etoadij.;' marked in the pro¬
gressive number!. We have taken advuntuU of our experience
with these wagons and now have Ho. 5 d^derthosame rigid
break down telt. X am glad to say it looks to me as if
Ho. 5 will aocomplish what X have started out to do. If
h? rntil March 1st it will prove that I nave developed
an electric wagon that will stand any kind of rough usage
and have a depreciation not greater than ten per cent..
As soon as X have completed the cleveip-
j;n nt of such a wagon I will arrange with manufacturing
concerns to make them in quantity. - 7
Yours very try;
4u*h<
Mr. Francis Duennald,
care Elizabeth Sally Journal,
Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Dear Sir:-
1 am in receipt of your favor of the 2lst
instant in regard to the proposed testimonial to
THOMAS JOHNSON BISHOP, and although I do not recall
him to mind it will give me pleasure to contribute
to your fund for this purpose. I will send a
for *10. to Mr. Irons.
Deo. 26th, 1912
Deo. 28th, 1912
Mr. Frank P. Hill,
Brooklyn Public Library,
26 Brevoort Place ,
Brooklyn, H. Y.
Dear Sirs-
Your favor of the 26th inat. in regard to
thin aheeta of nickel for use in making durable books, has
been reoeived.
In the development of my Btorage battery,
one of the greatest difficulties I encountered was to
provide a material for insuring perfect electrical oonductiv-
itv in the 'DOBitive tube. After a vast amount of e^peri
ffi&Lr-s: sms sffif-gs
of an inch square.
In this product I saw a future Possibilitjr
of using sheets of metallic nickel, not ftuite so thin as ours,
for making books that would ^ BHrLlk™rone ' day t o a
Jysajv
that channel.
.. - - sa MgE^STEr ‘
in books, and to of^xperiment and special apparatus
purpose would involve a lot 0l-?s?er„-h<.ft4nea I am so Very
the future.
Yours very truly.
Deo. 30th, 1912
Mr. Henry fit. Ruohenhaoh,
32 King Street ,
RooheBter, H. Y.
Dear Mr. Ruohenhaoh:
X received your letter in reply
to mine and thank you for same. I have asked our legal
Department to send you a oopy of the opinion in the
Chicago Film suit.
You say you would like to oome
over and have a talk with me on film matters. I shall
he glad to 3ee you at any time. let me suggest that
you notify my assistant, Mr. W. H. Meacloworoft , in ad¬
vance and he will see to it that we meet.
Yours very truly.
Dec. 31st, 191H.
T. Commerford Martin, Es^.,
39 West 39th Street ,
Dew York City.
Dear Mr. Martin: -
Your favor of the 28th instant reached
me yesterday, hut Mr. Edison was so much oooupied all day that
I did not have a chance at him until this noon, when I showed
him the letter.
He is under a tremendous pressure of
work lust now and is and has been receiving many invitations
to attend meeting and other funot ions, all of which he ; t-ecn
unable to aooept , as he ha3 so much that must be done in a giv-n
i«ii t:
as assr-a - “ * “Sir5
He^aid to me that under present circumstanceohewillhave
ask to be excused from attending the meeting on January -3 .
\
happy new year, 1 remain
With kind regards , and wishing you a
Yours very truly,
4
Ur. Frank P. Hill,
Brooklyn Public Bibrary ,
26 Brevoort Plave,
Your favor of the 31st ulto.
has been received.
Hhy not dip all printer] i»»««
in paraffine? . 'it is everlasting and is
used to prevent decay of old buildings.
Cleopatra* s Bee die in Central Park was saved
by it.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 4th, 1913.
Mr. George Hi Perkins,
Progressive national Committee,
Hotel Manhattan,
Hew York City.
My. dear Mj> Perkins:
I want to thank you for your
favor of the 30th ultimo with all its gooa wishes,
which are most heartily reciprocated.
Hill you kindly express to
Col. Hoosevelt my thanks for the excellent photo¬
graph whioh he has so courteously autographed and
sent to me. I appreciate it very much and shall
give it a prominent position in my library.
Yours sincerely.
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-092 (1913)
This letterbook covers the period February-March 1913. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
letters addressed to physicist Michael I. Pupin and to Edison’s European
associates Paul H. Cromelin, Thomas Graf, and G. Croyden Marks. Many of
the items relate to the commercial and technical development of Edison s
phonograph and motion picture businesses, including the introduction of the
disc phonograph and the kinetophone (motion pictures with sound) Other
letters discuss the use of Edison's alkaline storage battery in miners safety
lamps, for which he won the Rathenau Medal in 1912, as well as its
applications in electric vehicles and country house lighting. Also included is
correspondence regarding Edison's cement and ore milling business, the
procurement of Ortho-Cresol from Germany, and foreign markets for the
kinetophone. Additional letters pertain to books read by Edison or added to
his library, visitors to the laboratory, Edison's membership in organizations,
and the inventor's donations to charities, including a contribution to the Balkan
War Relief Fund.
The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From, Jan. 8, 1913. To, March, 6,
1913." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"31." The book contains 698 numbered pages and an index. Approximately
10 percent of the book has been selected.
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Jan. 8th, 1913.
Mr. Will Templeraan,
«ox 66,
Silver City, Sew Mexico.
Dear Sir:-
Tour favor of the 2nd instant has
been received. I am afraid there has been a misunder¬
standing on your part as to my manufacturing sheet metal
to take the place of paper for malting books.
The fact of the matter is that in
the development of my storage battery, I found it desir^tle
to use small fragments of very thimaetallio nibble. I
developed a process of manufacturing this rate rial in
sheets and then cutting it up into very small pieces, lh
explaining this one day to a newspaper reporter who had
interviewed me, X remarked incidently that there seemed to
be a possibility of seme day having imperishable bo oka
which would be made np of thin sheets of metallic nickle,
obtained in a similar manner.
I em afraid that this has given rise
to a public impression that I am manufacturing ouch sheets
for that purpose, but such is not the fact. I am mak¬
ing this thin metallic niokle only for my own purposes,
that is to Bay for my storage battery.
Tours very truly.
Jan. 9th, 1913
Hew York City.
Your favor of the Gth inBtant in
regard to the awarding of the Eathenau medal woo receiv¬
ed and its contents carefully noted-
It is exceedingly gratifying to
me to have been awarded this medal for my safety storage
battery miner's lamp, and X appreciate and thank yon for
your cordial invitation to attend the meeting on the 23d
instant to accept the presentation in person.
If X should do so it would mean
quite a serious interruption of important work I have on
hand. As you are probably aware, I have been busy clay
and night for some months p&st , working on a number of c.onpl
problems , and- my labors on thi« line are not yet complet¬
ed. There are urgent reasons why there should be no
delay, henoe I cannot see my way clear to get over to
Hew York on “the 23d instant.
Bureau of Associated Charities,
Employment Bureau,
13 Central Avenue,
Newark, New Jersey.
Dear Sirs:-
Your letter of the 4th instant requesting
information regarding the ability etc. of Max Young
received. Replying to same would say that Mr. Edison
had at the Laboratory for several months. He
seems to be sober and industrious, cannot tell you
anything about his chemical ability as he worked on
one experiment continuously.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
Jap.* 1-Oth, X9X.0
x. Jacob V? . Binder,
3 Broad Street,
Hew Yor>: City,
gear Mr. Binder: -
I am in receipt of ^ur favor
of the 8th instant . ana ^^r^nglSent^ith a
the Xinetophone I nave ^ this apparetns °ut , an ,
theatrioal ayn^°&^® liberty to arrange with other
for its exhibition ^ ^ ^ar^y^a|^
yon for this*
49
Jan. 10, 1913.
Prof. u. 1. Pupin,
Columbia University,
Mew York City.
Dear Sir:-
Mr. Edison has received a request for help from
the Balkan War Relief Fund Committee of which Hrs. H.
Karastoyanoff is President. Their address is Mo. 3.109
Amsterdam Avenue, Mew York City.
He encloses his check for $25.00 to you with the
request that you forward it to the Lawyers Title Insurance
and Trust Company, Ho. 160 Broadway, New York, the
depository, if the Committee io all right. He is not
acquainted with them.
Thanking you for your attention, I am,
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
Jan. 10th, 1913
Mr- Frank A- later,
Union, i!«w *>*•
10
5th instant in -G* informa-
wmmmsrns
ssissa f 0“”osei1'
S“lofSer r^&s^S'S.'s: f it"
33?s^^*:&u
hands of ^^f^e ^rhet .
may make then 10 -
Yours
63
Ja-tt, 11th. 1913-
Hr. Ohas. E. Spe'ire,
f> D. Van ITostrand £ Co. ,
26 Park Place,
Bow York City-
My dear Mr, Speirs:
I am in receipt of your favor of the
9th inatunt. A few days aGO -a loi’Ge packace of hooka
cane in, fron which Kr- Edison seleotea a number that he
wished to keep. I gave the others out to be packed up
and returned to you for credit.
1 showed Mr. Edison the extract from
the Boston Sunday Post, which you were kind enough to send.
He was very much interested and has turned it over to the
head of the Motion Pieture Department .
Pith kind regards and wishing you the
compliments of the season, I remain,
Yourn very truly.
P.3.-- Do you happen to have any small books treating of
the Mirage. If so, can you send it to me on approval,
a friend who might want to buy it .
I have
70
Jan. lit*, ms^
Messrs. Diok Brothers s. Co..
30 Broad Street,
Hew York City.
Gentlemen: -
Heplying to your favor of the Gth
instant let me nay that for five years .past the Cement
■business has been a lo3ine game. At least half a
dozen Companies have gone under. Even the Atlas Co.
with Maxwell and the First national Bank people be¬
hind it, have had hard sledding.
Within the last three months, however,
prices have advanced. Irice cutters have learned
their lesson, and now all the Companies are doing
well. At present nobody in the Cement business has
enough money to hny anything. I would advise your
customer to hold on to bis stoch.
lours very truly.
Jan, 11th.
1.84:0 ?oll street ,
Son Prancisco, Calif-
r TSadao: letter ashing
V/o have reCC^efiuite pr'oni^ to^e
if v;e are T>TO^%&eccr0> of y°nr iawB^^^erPtooi!
,sr
firsts sKft** -* 1
r-^;£ other voices.
; rfth other available -ac
Tnoxad she Pr0V?,t°0Uiaer having
ii cr for the Phonograph, we woxt^ can he |^s_a
kf«=yr ^fr» sr* ggsrs &
u W *ESX.rf. and shows up al
me roller ,L
10
Jan. 14th, 1913.
lion. Joaquin Kemles,
T.egaoiort de Guatemala ,
tfasiiington, H. 0.
Dear 3ir:-
I oain receipt of your favor of tiie 6th
instant ashing for information in regard to the experiment* which
I conducted in 1898 on concentrating gold in ary placers.
In reply let ne say that the sand r-as dried
and sized hy screens of 18 sir.es. 1‘,Rch a±‘~ V°''
fall from a hopper in a sheet 4 feet long hy l/l6" thich, in
front of a blast of air. the blach sand and the gold V-ing the
heavier, vrere only moved slightly out of line of the falling
sheet, and fell on one side of a partition. sand, be¬
ing much lighter, uas greatly deflected and fell on the other
side of the partition. This r*tho£ yielded 1 ton of con¬
centrate . from 50 to 75 tons of sand, and saved 85. of the
gold. I abandoned- the scheme because there are
placers in this Country that Will W to operate.
o ary
All are
yours very truly ,
lia'fxo'rit
cfs qee:[
"erii “'£0
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3f Otf 90
'ot0,'$2isa
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a arirfnJ
Jan. 15th, 1913.
It r . Eob e rt Clark ,
0 rund Forks ,
British Columbia-
Dear Sir:
I have received your favor making
enquiry about my process for treating low grade ores,
and in reply beg to say that 1 am making the experi¬
ments on account of a mining engineer named H. B.
Clifford, and therefore I cunnot give^ information
to other parties. His address is -aldorf Astoria,
Hotel, Hew York.
Your letter is very interesting and
it ooens to ine you are to be congratulated on having
Tuoli an active and courageous a wife. it i3 a
source of gratification to me to learn that you and
she 'take so much enjoyment from tfcB ^
„» smy for your information that X have been working
kr-d fo- the last 18 months to improve the iiuality
of' musical reproduction, and have succeeded in pio-
ducihr- a new kind of reproducer for use with a new
t me of hard record called the Blue Amberol Hecord.
”hese°ar" greatly superior to the war. records and I
think you would be much pleased v/ith them. lov.
can find out about then iron t»r. Bab.ion.
I am sorry X cannot send you a
ssifAss a
wif^migh^Uke t have ’an^aut ogrnphed'^phot ograph«
and6 1 take pleasure in send you one by this mail.
Yours very truly,
Jan. 17th, 1911
Jan. S3, 1913.
Ur. V. D. Wagoner,
Presidunt. General Vehicle Co..
Long Island City, H- Y«
■Dear Mr. Wagoner:-
Heferring to the proposed contract
for batteries for "Battery Service System" let me say
that after mature reflection I much prefer not to enter
into any such arrangement. The Hartford case has given
rise to trouble with other manufacturers, and any
^tension on similar lino. •*«>»
multiplied.
fours very truly,
Qt bai i«i-
ijih or.';
;>«»****! .
176
Bdioan Portland Cement Co.,
Stewnrtsville , II. J.
My dear Ur. Mallory: -
Jan. 25th,
Cn returning to the Office
after spending a few days in bed with bronchitis ana
grip, X find your favor of the 20th instant. Prom
my standpoint it certainly was quite a disappointment
to have to take to ny bed the day of the Banquet, as
1 quite coiinted on being there so ns to have an opportun¬
ity of talking to you.
Kr. Edison did not approve of
the message which you Iiad written for the Cement Bra, and
I drew up something else for him, and that did not quite
please him and he put it aside. He did not particularly
care about sending any message at all, so I let it go
until the 16th, the day the show opened, and then brought
it out again, thinking that he would settle upon something
and send it as a telegram.
Ac you know, he has been very busy
of late, working nighta again, and he was too busy to take
Up t explained to him that the show opened that
day, and thut you thought it desirable to send a message,
but he said he could not take time to bother with it at
all, and therefore sent nothing. It was the best I
oould do under the ciroumutunces.
I have your large card on the
architectural concrete, and shall be much interested in
watohing the monthly report.
Yours very truly.
192
ran . 24th, 1513.
“jsst'ji' Ttsvy, Secretary,
iio-ion Picture Sshibitar's Leecue of ITichigav ,
84B.Beahu.ry Arc-, Detroit . laehigan.
7 sc in receipt of your favor of the 2?-n3
ln r9eBrd to the "inetophone, and her to thank you for
Vl„ v!C irately on the subject .
,,.-S ie afav in reply thereto that ny contract
ftaort*'«ori9d , and this t'ives ce tine to brine the
' "-.rlo^a ^-'ll ^renter perfection. Afterwards I shall
direct uith the regular marine picture house a,
' , __4.i3r in fact, they are the
iioh ban always been my -n-en-ior.. ^
i n -f th" Xlnetaphone its permanent.
r;,y lopical neanr. o ,-'■ - ~ ^ Tfill be jn opera
j. ;.,.riy. ~;.e real value f. *•». •• •
. the rernlar pantonine notion P-Gulu''*
", so ask that you rill recard this letter
for publication.
[TO HELEN BERGER BRYAN (TRANSCRIPTION)]
Jan. 31st. 1913
Mrs. Wm. Jennings Bryan, Jr.,
311 East 4th Street,
Tucson, Arizona.
Dear Mrs. Bryan: -
Please pardon the delay in replying to your favor of the 15th instant. I
have been so exceedingly busy that my correspondence is somewhat in
arrears.
In regard to advising you as to taking records of your ringing for your
Music Teacher I am somewhat at a loss, as our experience does not he
SSSSSSs
records for your Teacher.
-r s^SSESESS-
They have also studied out sent to
records by the pupils themselves, t|ons As they have made an
Yours very truly,
Thos A Edison
Jan. 31st, 1913
G. Croydon Marks, Esq.,
57 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London, W. C. England.
My dear Marks
I have reoeipt of your favor of
the 22nd instant and in reply would Bay that rather
than continue business in England and continuously lose
money, I much prefer to withdraw entirely.
Many years ago we did business
direct with great satisfaction to both ourselves and the
factors, and I do not see why we cannot do it again.
However, if we oannot , I shall withdraw entirely.
fours very truly,
Feb. lot, 1913.
Mr. Clyde E. Smith,
“5 W. A. Yoo,
Pullman, Yi'ash.
Dear 3ir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the
22nd ultimo and bee to thank you for your kindneso in
augeestinc the making of reoords of fairy tales and other
stories for children. We have discussed this matter
several times during the past year, and you- will be in¬
terested to know that we intend to carry out the idea
when we get our new largo disc records ready.
Yours very truly.
Ur. John Wylie, Tice President,
Chains re Publishing Company,
17 Eadieon Avenue,
Hew York City.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge the receipt
of a copy of the Kotion Picture Hand Book by P.
H. Biohardson, whiah you have kindly sent no, and
1 thank yon for your ceurteoy in complimenting me
therewith.
Youra
American Sithiu & Chemical Co.,
50 Church Street,
Hew York City.
lear Sir: -
Sometime after you left here t*.
Hr. Kdison, and showed him your letter and explain
fully to him.
He asked me to v/rite to you to
that the throe year contract which he has made in
and therefore ho could not do anything with anyone
the time of that contract has expired.
He also said thut he had made i
tions and was entirely satisfied as to the norne c
the material. He says that at the present time
ing about 3 tons per month, hut possibly within a
increase to 5 or 6 tons per month.
I think this covers the matter
discussed,
In reply 1:o yon;
Inc the kinetophone allow mo to Bay
pro pared to napotiat* for foreic" 00
lioro not yet nado the talking notion
hat the JCnplinh language. We exp
in other lanpuareG a little later ob
lours very t:
Mr. Horace A. Field,
% Forth Georgia Marble Co.,
Tioga, Ga.
Dear 3ir:-
your inquiry in regard to ray work in
connection with the oeparation of iron ores has been receiv-
ed* In reply let me nay that 1 hove gone
out of that line of business nyself, but there if. <»
.in How -fork r.tato called the "Denson Mine", operated by
I?illin£ b Crane ol Philadelphia* 1 ui.in,
plant in operation at that nine concentrating iron ore,
and you could probably see the process in opera. _or
applying to tletisro. Pilling «> Crane.
Tours very truly,
Picture Patents Co.,
BO fifth Ave . ,
rev; York City.
Your favor of the 31st ultimo,
,ith copy of letter from T. B. TThltlnc of T.yric Theatre,
BrooV.port, feu York, hno keen received.
You nipht say to him in reply that
t„c I h». — . »*«> «• ®lt«* “• ”
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Feb. Q, 19X3.
Ur. Paul H. Cromelin,
care Thos. A. Edison, Ltd.,
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E. C. England.
Dear Sir:-
You will find herewith notice from the Liquidator
of the Edison Ore Milling Syndicate, Limited, Hr. c: . percival
Haw, ‘j-1'3 Salisbury House, Lonuon Wall . London. E. 0. England .
covering a distribution of 4d per share on 27933 shares of
the Syndicate held by Mr. Edison, amounting to L 460 - 14 -6.
V/ill you kindly call for the check and take with
you the shares, certificates Mo. 271 for 20,500 shares. No.
426 for 6833 shares and No. 812 for 600 shares, enclosed
herewith, which the Liquidator require# to Make endorsements
thereon. Return to me the check and shares and greatly
oblige.
1 am calling on your kindness to do this for us
there will be no chance for the certificates going astray.
Yours very truly. .
jrafM
Seeretajnf
1’eb ■ B, 1915,
359
W. L. Edison, Esq.,
Salisbury, Maryland,
bear Wll>
Replying to your letter of the 26th ultimo
your father directs me to write you that Tom explained the
carburetor you speak of to him about a year ago. He thinks
it has already been patented in Germany, as a good deal
of work has been carried out over there in burning petroleums
of various grades. Thinks a search of our patent office will
show that many schemes on this principle have been applied
for.
It would be foolish he thinks to spend money on
this until a rough search has been made.
Yours very truljr.
Secretary.
Hon.
Dear Sir:-
X learn that it is propo
Bbolioh tne Scse-T County Eos^uito Hxternination
Comiiitiio.il . Can you furnish me with any pri
natter relating to tnis auhjeot?.
I on aluo interested to
whether, if the Commission is abolished, furth«
pertinents arc to he carried on in none other vt
Yours very
I' HE. 13th,
Jr. Btienne de Podor,
BudapcDti Altalanos Villanosoagi ,
Reazveny Tarsasag,
VII ICar.inezy - Utoa, 19,
Budapest, Hungary.
Hy dear Podor: -
I have received your esteemed favor o
the 6th instant in regard to the Pineto phone.
Bet me 3ay in reply that my agent, Mr
Thomas Graf, of Berlin is negotiating with some parties who in¬
tend to erect a Studio in Berlin to make the talking notion
pictures in the various languages. I can do nothing until
we get a studio. I will send your letter to him.
In answer to your enquiries 1 wotild
say that I am enjoying good health, which I attribute to hard
work, light eating, no whiskey, ana a clear conscience.
With kindest regard:*. I remain,- . •
Christian Petersen,
7, rystalgade BO K,
Cope image n , Be nrnark .
r ?. i r : -
I bee to acknowledge reueipt of your
or of the 1st instant asking for information in regard
the F.inetophone for producing talking motion pictures.
In reply I beg to say that up to
s time wo have made these talking pictures only in
English language, but wo are hoping to establish a
f’.io shortly in Berlin, where we can make pictures
all the European languages. Until this is done
ning can be accomplished in the wav of introducing
Feb. 16th, 19;
Mr. Ell. C. Bennett,
14la 2ynjiioate jrust 3uiiciinCt
St. Tiouis, llo .
Bear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt
of Sour favor of the 11th instant enclosing
one of the new buttons of the Jovian Order,
for which please uccopt my thanks. _ _ _
.9X5 .
Mrs. W. K. Conctaha.8 ,
108 3outh Avenue,
PinhV.ill - on - Hudson,
Hen Yort.
Dear Hadam:-
I have received your X.etter contain-
m Mrthday conflations and thuft »«
Mc w accco .... .* » «»«<*«» - *- —
and good wishes.
It io ipaite inter? ovine to . .earn that
y0n hoard one ol early phonon-phe. J >-e ^
inn for several years to obtain a more i - • -
o/Dncdc. and in. ^U. «. - «*■ 1 — 7*7*-
el in «. «. — - — rrr-
Shoxild you happen to he in Hen YorV. vUy «>. ^ ^
would onft that you «» •• -
10 . «, «. yon .m „ .... « -on
improvement .
Yours very truly.
Fob. 15th, 1913.
r. Robert Fairchild,
415 West 5th Street,
Pittsburg, Kansas.
Dear young friend
I have received the letter that
you sent me. It in interesting to know that you
started in to work on wireless telegraphy at such e
early age, and I hope that you and the other boys wd
have great sucess with it. I am sorry to say the
have no coils or any other apparatus for aale, as I
all those things myself in the laboratory. I will
one of our young men send you a photograph showing c
You a3k whether I invented the
Disc phonograph, and would :
486
D. Van Host rand t: Co.,
25 Park Place ,
Hew York City.
Gentlemen: -
Tail you kindly send
copy of "The Principles of Applied Electro*
by A. J. Allnnnd? It in published by
Green & Company.
Yours very truly,
7C,^ &
Peb. 18th, 1913.
me one
"Chemistry"
loncmano.
Dr. G. y. Hilton,
54 Columbus Avenue ,
Lynn, ITasu-
Dear 3ir:-
Replying to your enquiry as to
whether I have ever devised a boiler heated by the
electric current, I beg- to nay that I have not. Hue
a device would be a corapan*ti vely simple thine, but it
is not yet practicable to carry out the idea on accoun
of the cost of eleetrio current. Gome day elect
current may be sold at a very Ion price, and when that
time comes it will not take lone to provide devices which
house -ho Id e
/ill enable the
:r to say jrood-bye to coal
Hr. A. h. Chandler,
■ f> Harper &' Brothe:
Hew York.
My dear Mr. Chandler:-
Mr . Edison received yonr
,’P.v of the 18th instant, enclosing letter from Mr,
:1 Kellogg, and he says that he will he glad to
range for a private exhibition at the laboratory
r evening sraept Saturday.
If therefore you will kind-
lot ub know a day or two in advance, we will
range mttern accordingly.
sturn Mr,
YourB
trul;
(• Arma I.. Armstrong,
55 Mr. Robert Fulton Armstrong,
Xnt. Motor Truck Co.,
57th 3t. & Broadway,
Hew York City*
I received yoiir :
the IBth inst . , the contents of which '
perused with much interest.
to express my thanks
good wishes you send r
General Hafael iJeyes,
Hotel Kao Alpin ,
Hen Yor’-- City.
Hy clear Sir:-
I receive* jm,.*- Tftr0r ai, x<riii
instant , and am much Gratified to learn that yon found
your visit to my laboratory oo pleasant . let me assure
you that the pleasure ua3' reciprocal.
I shall he very glad indeed to let
70. H.vo an antograpli photo^ph ByartI ftr ae
“** 7°’1 lnt™a *« ”«**• ”»» O" to Mt„.
1 must ask you to nae thise that are published in the
book that has already been written.
I am much interested to learn about
the lone trip that you are Going to take, and assure you
that I shall be plad to see you on your return.
Yours very 'truly.
Era. Saward Hale Sears ,
594 Parmington Avenue,
Hartford, Conn.
Sear Madam : -
I an In receipt of your favor of
the 10th instant , in regard to Cet*in0 a fcaiv.im: not Jon
picture which would reproduce the coning inaugural
addreoa of President -Elect-vaison, and would cay in
reply that it would scarcely he feasible on account of
the surrounding noises and the difficulty of placing
apparatus just where it would he suitable for the purpose.
In the present state of art there are limitations , hut
I hope that many of these may he removed as we «*' ^ ^
Greater improvements in the Kinetophone. ^ nS
for your information that we already ha.e .ho.
hy President ”aft
10th instant in regard to the Kinetophone, and would say
in reply that 1 have made arrangements with the American
Talking Picture Company to exploit this invention. All
arrangements in regard to territory are made with them,
'and I send you their booklet* herewith.
■ 1 ao not remember to have heard that
Tom Swan died. I am so busy all the time, that I
cannot say whether I shall, he able to' get away to attend
the meeting of the Old Time Telegraphers in- August or Aot,
hut if I can it will he a pleasure to meet some of the old
Mr. Thomas Heed.,
43 Cottage Street,
Cambridge, Kaos.
Hear 3ir:-
X an in receipt of your interesting
lotto:- or the SBth ultimo. let ns say in reply that the
Stereoscopic film acheme can be applied to our Hone Project¬
ing Machine, but not to the larger projecting machines
which are uood to enhihit the Motion Pictures in Theatres.
The Horae Projecting Machine is a smaller type -which 7/e
introduce,', last year to enable private parties to have Mo¬
tion Pictures in their ovm homes
Why don't you go into the advertising
business. You have the diction and style that win in that
line of endeavor.
Yours very truly,
051
Mr. Melville Clark;
4X0 Michigan Boulevard,
Chicago, Ill-
T.egal Department
«... onr epreement with the American Salting i’ieture
Comm-.ny 'i b concerned, we are apparently frfe ^ a
iotrin" fnr operating a F.inetoacope in synchronism with a
nip no' ;S'«uSted by Mr. Melville Clark. Under thin
til" American Talking Picture Company has ex-
^i,-hta "in Finetophonea , the word "Cine to phone he-
wired to include a Finetoooope, a phonograph, and a
i^rTvoni-Vn' "-Tio*. If we should put cut a synchronic-
im owra^ng a Cinetophone in synchronism with
wou"k have to he made to prevent the use
“y ’ -.^oh-oniser with the Phonograph. This might he
o^. Ui *'.**:' r .,jnA. -hho Q'nnarQt us ot* sjeliinc it under
?°?2f vtr J oZlln£U Vfhat has been said applies to
Cinetophone sould apparently Prevent t.o . ^he
iggested in (Ire at Britain."
We should he glad to hi
sort of proposition you have to sngge.vn.
fours very truly,
Mr. J. J. Ashenhurst,
South Reynolds Are . ,
Canon City, Colo-
1 .am in receipt of your favor aching
for suggestions in regard to destroying the peato that
injure yonr orchard. lot me say that the only nay that
X hnow of at present is to use a number of BO candle power
ngston lamps in the orchard. fhese can be arranged
with cages and hug traps, and will cause the living inceots
to fly to the light and be caught. A large number of
these devices are used in Germany, and some times many
bushels of insects arc caught in a single night . It
«imld seem to me that in this way you would be able to
satest part of the
- ■
>8
H. Miller. ■Edit.or.-in-Ohief .
The Sew York Times,
Tines Square , IT.. Y.
Dear Kr. Miller; -
■Replying to your recent favor
in regard to the report of an agreement between" Kiev?
and Erlanger and the Shuherto to form a syndicate m
the motion picture 'business, I beg to say that I hnou
nothing about the movements of these syndicates# -<et
me call your attention to the fact that vrith all their
Theatres they are only a small percentage of the 18000
Motion Picture Theatres scattered throughout the Count
I do not think they intend to compete.
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-093 (1913)
This letterbook covers the period March-May 1913. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
letters addressed to retailer Julius Rosenwald and celluloid manufacturer
Marshall C. Lefferts, as well as to Edison’s European associates Paul H.
Cromelin and John F. Monnot. Some of the items relate to the commercial
and technical development of Edison's phonograph business, including the
introduction of his disc phonograph, competition with the Victor Talking
Machine Co., and the selection of music and recording artists. Additional
documents concern the censorship of motion pictures, the promotion of
Edison’s kinetophone, and visitors to Edison’s laboratory, including school
children who were injured while witnessing a demonstration of x-rays.
The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From March, 6, 1 91 3. To May 1 3,
1913." The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number
"32." The book contains 699 numbered pages and an index. Approximately
10 percent of the book has been selected.
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March 6th, 1913
J, R. Wells,
Mauchnla Baptist Church,
Mauchula, Floridt
Replying; to your i
» poison contained-
•igarettes , X would say
jurnine of Cellulose, i
, paper.
this poison which causes sraofee xo a.
also has a violent action on the ne:
t0 produce irreversible degeneratioi
Yours vervjyrtfC
1913,
Haurice Lehmann,
61 Hue as;
Eeuriei
shmann:
of the 18th ult:
shown to
ith lettei
I beg to enolo(
-.indly fo:
reply to the above letter, and would ash you -
it to Or- Le Roy, aa the coSanuni cation came throne
In case Or. he Roy comnunit
yon further Hhouiut- » ae«ire *o
„„«» «, w- -«•“ *“ *• M:
th.t eny inventions no onlmitt.d to Me, oh.nld O'
the nutieot of on nwliontion for potent. »
for hln onn protection. tint also for the protect!
with
invento:
Youro truly,
s,
March 6th, 1913,
;oire Municipal,
Rouen, 'Prance .
Mr. Maurice Lehmann of my
Office hac forwarded to me a letter from you in
gard to a method of enlarging and amplifying the
phonographic engravings or impressions on cylinders
Let me say in reply that your
suggestion seemn to ho a very difficult one to carry
out without clistarting the music. If, however,
it oonlil he done so as to render it commercially
practicable , it would he yuite valuable
March 10th, 191
O'Brien.
0. Box #4
Percy,
Dear Sir-
March. 10th,
Greusel ,
J. Fort Street,
’Detroit , Mich.
Dear Sir: -
I beg to soVaipwledge receipt of your
of the 6th ihstout, o»d d» “”11 8W tlmt 1
M the too copies. of foot booh, oof bo6 to «* f «**
to you thereto r ood for poor ooof eoy it
therewith.
For severol months past, I have heca --
oeedincly btooy *« «** •»> “ ”=» ir.port.nt problem «**
hove uffMSrt ay "hoi. tl.e »t ottehtloo. 1
working aiopt 20 hours » day ood therefor. o.re
to read your hooV. ao yet
Id td.o before Xo»g to giro the . •*—**.
■be able t<
truly,
lours
wMMm
March 10th, 1913
I. Commerford Martin, F.aq . ,
29 Weot 39th Street,
Hew York Cit;
My dear Mr. Martin
I received your favor of the
Yth instant in regard to the Edison Storage Battery foi
Central Stations. 1 have seen Mr. Edison about it,
and he sayS to tell you that he has not developed the
Central Station Type yet, but- it will
will be a husky one, capable of being fully discharged
20 minutes if
Yours
March 13th, 1913;
John E. Mavis,
89 Oxford Street,
Portland, Maine>
the 10th instant containing a aucces
production of o musiool SHetoh t,lth the oil
Motion Picture 3.
1st mo soy 1» reply that
thins that yon .udse.t - >•» 4»" I"’“'
It nan introduced In Europe , but the oyn.h
nan not sood snonBh to Insure complete suo
I hellers it ha. been praotl.ally abandon.
Youro truly.
Kerch 13th, 1913 ,
Mrs. Harmon P. Payne,
Ouogue,
Shffolk Co
Dear Madam: -
He plying to your enquiry in regard to
the possibility of using a Storage. Battery Plant for light¬
ing and heating your house, 1 heg to say that ouch a plant
i3 operated by means of a gasoil)
dynamo machine | and this in turn charge:
batteries. It is quite possible to use the electric
current from the storage batteries for heating, as well as
lighting, hut it would be very expensive indeed. Ihe
question of lighting is one in which economy can he shown,
but the cost of producing electricity by an individual plenty
ie too much to render it commercially feasible for individuals.
It would cost much less to make the necessary alterations in
™ house than to get to use electricity for heating, when
engine, which drives a
of storage
■y>
Maroh 14th, 1913,
Charles Of,
fo McGraw-Hill Book Co . ,
239 West 39th St
Hew York.
Dear 3ir:-
X an in receipt of your favor
of the 7th instant, in regard to the uoe of lithia
or lithium carbonate in my storage battery.
In reply let me say that we ooa
sune about 40 tons of lithium carbonate per year.
It is used in the batteries in connection with
Potassio Hydrate. Its aotion is beneficial, but
the reaction is as yet obscure. We obtain our
supply from Merck & Company,
Yours
r. K ♦ L. Dictaoi*
4 Lg&man Strs/t ,
London, W. England •
I have not had the pi a atm
c hearing from you for a lone time hut I trust tan
le V/o "Id has teen using yon v/ell and that you ha/_
3 complain o« you had when you were here last-
flow X am going to anV. pot
DU will probably he able to remember. I
n };and a copy of the Biography that you nr°>« “
age 300, at the bottom of the page unere i-> some It
ion;; , which begins as follows: -In the year 1687 tl
o m“ that it was possible to devise an instrument
he eye what the phonograph does for the ear , etc-
hir, is from an article in "Caosiern Hagasine o,
What X would lihe to fini
h«~ was not one or more interviews wi va Er. Sdiso:
h"“ 5; ££ !p.o 11 »■» i« “» olnd thrt
me of the well V.nown magazines.
As you were very notivel
r •?* ttxjr&ssts rsrwrtt
terviev/s, and has ashed me to . “ up* Rn‘ “ -"‘e
Liberty of troubling y°« ln the natl'° '
If yon can rive re any 3
be greatly obliged, and perhaps it nay save me visa
Libraries.
206
Mr. Arthur 5. Overbury,
690 W. 172nd Street ,
Hew York.
Dear Sir: -
X have received your favor of the
Slot instant , the contents of which have received my atten¬
tion.
Let me cay in reply that of the
twenty five manufacturers of the Motion Picture films, there
are ten licensed under my patent, and every film made by
these ten manufacturers must pass the- Board of Censors. We
never put out an objectionable film. fhe pirates in
the business, and importers of fore:-.pn films are the parties
who manufacture and put out these objectionable pictures.
I have no control of them, although X have ^outfit them for
Please c.onaider this letter as a
reply to your personal letter, and not for publication or
quotation.
ry truly,
Mar. 28, 1913.
Marshall Lefferts, Esq. ,
Pres. Celluloid Company.
30 Washington PI.. Hew York City.
Dear Mr. Lefferts
We have another use for celluloid. Have
•been buying sheets 20 X 48 by 30 thousandths of an inch thick.
These sheets are not the right size, there being too much
waste. We want discs a little over ten inohes in diameter.
Can you arrange it so we can get sheets that we can cut with¬
out too much waste; if so send one of your factory men up and
I will explain.
Harsh XF, 1913.
Mr. J. K. Hill.
Portland Hotel,
Portland, Ore.
Bear Ur. Hill:
3Uearowero+*t handed me your letter o' the 17th
inst., in regard to the nix month record of the j etroit waeon
and i want to than!: you “or your hind intercut 1r. sending it
to me . 1 have taben up the matter o“ having a "irst class
man visit the. pacific toast in the interest of the tfiisor,
Battery, and Kr . Be© and 1 have tnlbed the matter over.
Possibly we nay be able to put a little more ginger into the
people we already hsve ou~ there on the toast.
The newspaper clirping that you enclosed in
certainly very interesting, and amusing. At the same time it
shows the cuali+y of interest that the stinetonhone must have
commanded.
with thanVs and g-oc wishes, j remain
Xours very truly.
March 27th, 191.'
>1 Olnlli. Oeorio,
.’u&a awo.
Mal&C». ?*pala.
X mu at ask you 1:0 perion
the delay in
"fur kjji!*. favor an u7 eo iu ruikncwU
'•’{T3.2i£ the receipt
very kindly sent
0:; cr i» «•.* -»:-v - * ,vei
courtesy end
rc- • in re, ror.-’ to rrnntir
exclusive rights
■■ 0 ,‘iio ue i'o. iiie •■••hole or part of
Spain, let me say
oprun A). -eat in Berlin. Mr. Shoman
d-raf, has teen
~iTk rsveiT.l parties in re card to
till:; invention
3 have yet V-.-'-r. concluded. I ex
poet Mr. Graf to
5 America v.-ithin a lew reeks, and :
he rill he ac-
/ pa-tier representing those rorti,
r:ii interests.
: •.ill Ve impossible for me at tki
a tine to c:ive any
r.ver until after I have seen Hr. 0
rv.f and the parties
somiiony liin.
Youro very truly.
March 31st , 1P13'
Mr. Handall Hargreaves,
160 Claremont Avenue ,
Dew York.
Dear Sir: -
I am in receipt of your favor
of the 27th instant , and 1 beg to say that you can
come out here any day this week and Mr. Edison will
hear you sing. Tou had better telephone me in
advance of your coming so that we can make sure that
he will be here.
' :-Y,
290
April
1913.
Hr. L. H. Irwin,
East Pulton Ave • ,
Henpsteud, L. I«
Dear Mr- Irwin:
Hour esteemer! favor came to hand, and I have
delayed replying thereto until Hr. Edison had passed upon the records
which Mrs. Irwin made at our ITew York Hecerding Eoomc. . His
criticism is that the quality of the voice is pood , but that there
is too much tremolo to allow the use of this voice for the Phono¬
graph. You must bear in mind the fact that Hr. Edison always
criticises a voice simply from the phonographic standpoint, and his
oriticism is not to be taken as a general one. For Phonograph
work any considerable amount of tremolo is exceedingly undesirable.
let me suggest that if Hrs. Irwin would like
to cone over here and hear the record herself, I think that it would
be well for her to do so. Besides, we can perhaps make some
suggestions to her that would help her to eliminate this defect. iVe
have made suggestions to other singers that have been f und to be benefi-
oial .
Yours very truly.
Mr* Spurgeon Cowart ,
City of Sparta 'Executive -Sept . ,
Sparta, Georgia-
Dear Sir: -
I am in receipt
of the 27th ultimo containing a sugges'
to attaching an electric motor to a Ho
Machine •
In reply 1 beg
to the present time the Insurance Unde
not permit an electric motor to he use
have been done years ago •
lours very truly,
300
April ;:nd , 1913.
Prof- Starr "/ i ll aril Ontt ir.g ,
■;> Pile University of Chicago .
Chicago , Ill.
your favor of the .Ir.ti- i
the congratulation;: thal
Disc Phonograph, but al:
;reatly valued.
gent criticisms, such as those that
ed, are always very acceptable to ns
pleased to have your further views z
with the Disc Kaohine .
In aokuoviledging receipt of
tino, let me thank you not only for
von offer me and the good words
inongh to utter in regard_to the now
) your criticisms, which i assure
let me say : iani ly that intelli -
ivs kindly volunteer
, and I shall always be
you gam more experience
I shall be greatly obliged if
you would send me the numbers of some of the Victor records
containing the good soprano reproduction that you mention,
bo that 1 nay compare the same with ours and find out where
ours are defective. I think it is perhaps unnecessary for
me to emnhasize the fact that I am leaving no stout unturned
to give the public the very beet reproduction of all kinds
of music that it is possible to bring out.
April lot , 1913 ■
Dear Sir:-
I "beg to acknowledge receipt of
your favor of the 22nd ultimo, enclosing copy of an
address by Francis W. 'Parker, delivered before the Faculty
of the University o£ Chicago.
Allow me to thank you for sending
me this copy, which I have read with very great interest.
I should like to be informed whether or not this address
has beFjU published, and if not whether Prof. Parker desires
to publish it. I think it is very fine.
76 V/. 113th Street,
Sen YorV City.
Dear
I am in receipt of your favor and in
reply beg to aay that you can come over here any day nort
week, between 9 and 12 in the morning or between 2 and
3-30 in the afternoon, and I ohall be pleaaed to hear
you play. We have a very good pianist here who can
accompany you.
Pleane advice my ^acisitant , Hr. V/.
H. Head owe ro ft what day you will come over.
Mr. Julbuo Eonenwald,
Chicago, Illinois-
Sear Mr. Eonenwald
The Phonograph Company of your City has
forwarded to ne your favor to them of the 3rd instant, and I
beg to say in reply that I quite appreciate the point you make
in regard to records. For your information let me say that
I have a vast number of record matrices containing selections
that will be highly appreciated by everyone who loves good music,
but I an 'unwilling to put them out until I oan improve my
factory processes 30 that the reproduction will be free from
noises.
I hope to produce the finest music extant
and equally as good an the original, and I 3hall do this without
being affected by any idea of pecuniary advantage to myself.
At this tinrn I am concentrating my energies
on this subject and fully expect that shall have a large assort¬
ment of fine records in the not remote future.
Yours very truly.
April 11th, 1913.
S. Ziegler,
er Institute o f normal Zinging, Inc-,
1425 Broadway, ITew York City.
Ziegler: -
In acknowledging receipt of your favor
insitant, let me express my appreciation of your kind
n ny welfare and to thank, you for the suggestion and
you make -
Let me cay, hov/ever, that I am familiar
ranches of Science* as pertaining to health and take
of myself, except I don't sleep very much. tfhen I
that I an working, eating, sleeping and living
y as 1 have done during the last forty years, I
i)<3 prepared to admit that I am not so badly off
iVTiat interests mo just now is a desire
bring over some more good singers.
Yourn very truly.
April 14th, 191!
Mr. L. D. Gibba,
% The Edison Electric Ill'g. c° . of boston,
39 Boylston Street, Boston, Hass.
Dear Brother Gibbs
I have received your favor of the
10th instant, and in reply beg to 3ay that 1 shall be very
glad indeed to have my young man lock up the Den York Sun
article if you can give me a little nearer date than "Some
tine ago".
We have about one half a tone of news¬
paper clippings in the place, and it would help me a good
deal in searching for the one yon are looking for if your
friend oan give me some approximate date.
I am indeed looking forward to a Maine
trip this Siunmer, ana shall hope you make it all right and
also to drop in and see you on the nay.
Jtonra very truly.
April 17th, 1913
Please excuse the delay in send¬
ee you the letter for Dr. Ewai. The reason is
that Kr. Edison has been so busy day and night that
he has not had time to get to it until now.
I trust the enclosed letter will
he what Dr. Ewai desires.
Yours very truly.
April 15th, 1913.
.rst Socretar, I hi
Coiiforming to the promise made to you at
t Tot/ clays ago, I now repeat the substance of what
i personally in regard to the use of storage batter;
„ . 1 am strongly convinced that one of the
greatest a actors in the early Opening up and modernizing of China
would be enlarged xaoilities of intercommunication throughout th°
country by means of railroads for the transportation of passengers
and frsignt. The particular class of railroads I have in '
mind as suen as could be constructed vapidly and so low in cost
that the money and labor required for their construction could
be fund sned by the Chinese themselves.
The class of railroads referred to is the
electric road, - not with the trolley - but i^ing electric storage
battery cars. Kailroads of this character can be rapidly
easily and cheaply installed in any hind of country whether’
level or mountainous, and are entirely practicable over 6"' to
grades. Light weight rails can he used, ant, altogether
I think the cost of construction, -.using native laho* would he
leas than three thousand dollars per mile, which in vastly lower
than the coat of oohatruofclon of any other cluan of railroad.
In mountainous parts of the country very steep grades cculd be
avoided by tubing a longer route, as, with this'' cheap kind of
construction, a few extra miles of road, would in meet caoea be
enormously more economical than the cost of cutting through a
steep grade.
... ... Ky opinion is that your Country needs some¬
thing of tnin iina, widely installed, so as to open up commercial
intercourse and provide easy means of passenger transportation.
Eventually. when your commerce and transportation buninena has
grown to greater proportions nanKrUf} these earlj^ electric railroads
will have grown to such! irapo rtanee>t1iat theyjBfty-~be cups rr.ecled by
stoati railroads, but Vi that timeH!ETi»a will have rrown rip.h^
enough to have amplejgjwey to finance J i . . . i j of
this character/^
^ of advantage which the
1. Suoh railroa^a-^tJouid he narrow guage, made of light
rails, with ties wid'tfr apart than usual.
2. On account of the use of storage battery earn, there
would he no bonding of rails, no overhead wiring nor trolleys;
each car would -he independent of all the others; and there would
he no general stoppage if anything went wrong at the power house.
3. Steep grades ooiild he negotiated with a railroad of
this character.
4. She constructions of such railroads would be very simple
%nd cheap. With native labor, 1 think that railroads of this
character could he constructed for about three thousand dollars
a mile, which is cheaper than making and maintaining good roads
fit for ordinary commercial tracks.
3- Railroads of this kind, with storage battery oars, would
be available for both freight and passenger service.
6. Power houses could be located at convenient points where
the storage batteries could be recharged.
7. Phe care and maintenance of the Edison storage battery
is so simple that highly skilled experts would not be required,
natives of good intelligenoe could easily be trained into the
service .
a. The Edison storage battery is rugged and calls for but
little attention. Repairs are infrequent, in fact, I might say,
they are practically inconsequential.
In conclusion let me add that there is probably no
other one thing that han clone so much to build up the nuburban
districts of the United States as the electric railway, and I think
,hat the introduction thereof into China would open up your Country
very rapidly and bring about an enormous change for its rapid
advancement es a Fation. It seems desirable in this connection
to emp.iaoiae the fact that the electric railroads 1 have mentioned
so. cheaP ih construction that they can be built with Chinese
money thus rendering it unnecessary to oall for foreign loans for
the purpose. u
on » I.™ ? would su£Cest that before going into the business
>? ® £^es ac“Ae» y°u put ln on experimental road of, sap, twenty
oierafions.^ "°* th# resolta 00 doinC before ^tending yoll
Tours very truly.
I «a .:illin£-: to go into the
development 01 the proposed scheme ( hut hare so rSC
ipors which 1 can employ the i'p.oili t o-f' mv ~aho'
cannot afford to snend t-. i M„„l . i.
439
April 15th, 1913
Institute of Electrical Engineers. ,
29 West 59th Street,
Hew York City.
Csntlemen: -
In regard to the application 02 w. E.
I!o Eechnie for membership, let me say that personally 1
an not intimately acquainted with Hr. KcEechnie, nor have I
personal knowledge of his electrical career; his experience
and attainments are purely matters of statement made to me;
hut my assistants in the Electrical Department of my Company
here have been in close touch with him in connection with my
Alternating Current Hectifier, and are impressed with his
integrity of character and his ability as an Electrical Engin¬
eer.
On the strength cf their recommendation,
1 feel satisfied in endorsing his application for membership
in the American Institute of Eleotrical Engineers.
Yours very truly.
Charles A. hunn,
361 Broadway,
Kevj Tort City-
I hand you herewith a fi ne /-rticlc ’
Spirit of *"
It’lor. aoUtorod tofore tto WJ •''*>»
' ChioaEo t*y Francis V. ParV.er, one of i- _ru-tee
It has never been published, hut .he
jthor will permit it. and I therefore send it alonE
a „0u to see whether you want to publish it.
Dear Goodwin: -
Prom your letter of the 16th, I Bee you are
now getting- on to what I meant by our speakers being louder than
I wanted them to be and why I wanted to tone them down, but no¬
body would stand for it. At first I adopted a thick cloth
on the grill, but you all turned it down and put on a doth which
is practically mosquito netting.
I thoroughly understand the human ear. To
prove a case in an argument 1 took one hundred (100) records that
our best girl passed In the faotory and, unknown to her, had her
go into one of Mehr’s quiet rooms, and she threw out 72 as being
too noisy surface.
About two week3 ago, in the Evening, I made
an experiment at the house, where my wife complained that there
was too muoh scratch to the records. There were several in
the party. 1 had five different kinds of doth and also paper
in the grills. All the people were in another room 45 feet
from the instrument.
I played several tunes, putting grills on
and off. The unanimous opinion was that the music was very
much sweater with the grill on, that diminished the volume 25%.
That they heard no soratch, and only heard it when 12 feet away
but not enough to notice, but with regular grill the soratch was
These same reoords they pronounced fine, no
scratch, when they heard them in the library at laboratory.
...... _ ffhy? Because any outside noise deadens the
sensibility of the ear, due to the automatic action that I have
frequently explained to you.
You oan satisfy any of your customers by uBing
grills with from 1/16 to l/8 thiok of felt on the grill. if a
purchaser has a small room and quiet street or in the Country,
use a 1/8. Pelt is best as it softens and gives no eohoes to
Mr. C. E. Goodwin,
/--r J
raves, fifce the .hardthiod
April 17th, 1913.
otor, or deflects
1 am going to ta^Rf^he grill with the Works so
Dealers oan be aupplied^jpiratwo or three sizes to suit everyone.
KegajAffig Victor speaker on our machine , you need not
send any. -“'There is not the slightest trouble to do it. We
have two or three kinds here now.
Regarding selling our reproducers, I will have that
stopped.
Have you seen the latest two letters sent out by the
Viotor Company to dealers, and their Advertisements in re needles?
I hope they will oontinue to think our vertical record
V/e are on the up grade on quantity and quality of
records, I am glad to say.
Your3 very truly.
455
April 18th, 1913.
Mr. Luigi Romano,
375 Broome street,
hew York .
Bear Sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of
the 16th instant, and from its contents fear that my
previous letter did not reach you. I wrote you a
few weeks ago stating that Mr. Edison had heard your
"Einetophone March" , and had sent it to our Recording
Rooms, Rew York City, where a reoord will he made of
it in due time . The Recording Rooms have quite a
little work ahead of them, hut they will reach your
Composition after while, and when a record is made and
ready I will let you know.
Yours very truly.
April 18th, 1913.
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I
I
Mrs. Pranois M. Crossley,
116 W. 3ixth 3troet,
Topeka, Kansas.
Bear Madam: -
1 beg to acknowledge receipt of yours of
the 12th instant, and desire to express my sincere apprecia¬
tion of the kind words that you are pleased to say about my
new Disc Phonograph. I assure you that it gives me great
pleasure to learn that you derived such enjoyment from it.
let me say for your information that the
reason we do not give the names of the artists at present is
that there is so much trickery in the musical profession, that
there are many reputations that are falsely acquired- There
are many Grand Opera singers who get reputations by reason of
their fine acting, but who have extremely poor voices for the
Phonograph. The general public does not discriminate be¬
tween reputation due to acting and not to voice, and many
people insist that we should record these people who really
do not have good voices. I have refused to be a party to
this trioky preS3 agent work, and I will only record voices
that are really beautiful and musical.
X believe I now have the best voices and
instrumental players in the World, including nearly every Grand
Opera 3inger with a good voice, both in the United States and
Europe* When I find that the public really approves these on
merit I shall be glad to give the names, and I am sure that all
lovers of music will agree with me in this policy.
1 take pleasure in complying with the re¬
quest contained in your letter, and send you an autographed
photograph by this mail.
Yours very truly.
April 21, 1913,
MiB3 Minnie Tracey,
68 West 47th Street,
Hew Xork-
Dear Miss Tracey: -
We have received your favor of
the 15th instant, and in reply he g to say that I would
like to listen to your voice if you will kindly come
over to the Laboratory some day ncrt week, either Thurs¬
day or Friday- At the same time i shall have the
pleasure of showing you my new Disc Phonograph , which I
think will surprise you with the ^unlity of reproduction
of music- Possibly we may he able to show you the
speaking pictures at the same time .
Kindly advise my Assistant, Mr,
Meadowcroft what day and hour you will he over, so that
he will arrange matters with me-
Yours very truly.
Ur. W. L. Eann,
Farmers ' Bank Building,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Dear Hr . Kann : -
1 beg to acknowledge receipt of
your favor of the 2lBt instant . and would say in
response to your suggestion that X have mailed you
today a set of the Storage Battery Company* s litera¬
ture, which you can hand to Doctor Ewai if you desire.
In regard, to the matter of the
talking motion pictures, I would suggest that the best
way to approach this is for Doctor Ewai to address a
letter to Hr. Edison on the subject.
Yours very truly.
April 20Sh, 1913.
Hr. W. A. Hayes,
Recording Department,
Thomas A. Edison, ltd.,
25 Clerkenwell Road,
London, E. C. England.
Dear Siri-
Mr. Halter Miller has shown me your favor of
the 8th instant in regard to An3elmi*B records.
7/e have made only one of the Anselmi records
up, and it certainly has a hig "squawk", no matter what machine
we play it on. Perhaps the others will he 0. X. i win
let you know.
Your 3 very truly,
May X, 1913.
579
Green & Freeman Sts. ,
. Brooklyn, New York.
Gentlemen
The following is the confirmation of the
telephone message to you this morning of Copper
8uiphate free from iron, which Mr. Edison desired
sent you.
" Boil solution-add peroxide of hydrogen,
just enough to peroxidize the iron. This makes
Ferric Sulphate. Now add Copper Carbonate or
Hydroxide, Just enough to decompose the Ferric
Sulphate, giving free Ferric Hydroxide. You should
boil for few minutes after adding the Carbonate. On
filtering you will get all the iron on filter without
a trace in the liquid".
Yours very truly.
Assistant Secretary.
,1?<I
165 Broadway,
Hew York.
1913.
I am in receipt of your favor of
the 29th inatant in regard to the possible use of
Tellurium and Selenium.
In reply I beg to say that I am
still at work experimenting on this line, and have
found one use for Tellurium, but the quantity involv¬
ed would not amount to anything. Possibly there may
be more encouragement on the sub jeot lat(
Yours very truly.
60
May 2nd, 1913.
Mr. F. D. Wagner,
1908 H. 14th street,
Boise, Idaho*
Dear Sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the
23rd ultimo in regard to an invention that you have made By
means of which nearly twioe as much musio can he recorded on
the Disc Phonograph aB is now ordinarily plaoed upon it.
In reply let me say that if your process
is to keep the surface speed constant with variable revolu¬
tions, you can get twice as much on the record, but this is
already patented. l’here are a number of ways to double
the capacity of a phonograph disc, but there are very good
reasons why doubling the capacity is not a good commercial
proposition.
The best way for you to do is to apply
for a patent on your invention, then you oan freely talk about
your improvement. Unless you previously secure some protec¬
tion of this kind, I do not care to be made the recipient of
any secret.
Sours very truly.
Hay 2nd, 1913.
Hr. .Francesco Di Pasqua,
236 East 148th Street,
hew Tork city.
Dear air:-
P.eplying to your favor of the
27th ultimo, I would say that in my opinion it would
he a good thing to withdraw the Latin Language from
the course of 3tudy in the Public schools and substitute
the Italian for it. I think this would be an im¬
provement .
Tours truly,
620
May End, 1913.
Leonard H. Wilder, JSsq.,
1744 Oregon Ave . , W. W . ,
Washington, D. c.
My dear Mr. Wilder: -
The pressure of business has been so
overwhelmingly great that until now 1 have had no opportunity of
acknowledging reoeipt of your very kind letter of the 20th ultimo,
which was received in due course and read with a great deal of
interest.
It is a source of much gratification to
me to receive a letter from one who is so well able to anal.' ze the
quality of reproduced music as well as yourself. .During the last
two or three years I have devoted a great deal of time to the study
of music from a soientific standpoint, and in that time I have made
many interesting discoveries which have been of exceeding great in¬
terest to me in my work.
I am still busy in the further develop¬
ment of my hi so phonograph, and hope to have it so perfect that in
a short time we shall be able to record and reproduce the finest
of Chamber Musio- In the meantime, let me aosure you of my appre¬
ciation of your kind expressions in regard to the progress I have
thus far made.
Yours very truly.
625
I an in receipt of your favor of the
1st instant in regard to the making of records of Roman
Catholio Churoh music, about which we have had some corres¬
pondence with Hr. Ruhlmann, of lockport, and beg to Bay
in reply that X shall be glad to see Mr. Yon if he will
come over to Orange.
I am here every day, but would suggest
that you or Hr. Yon oommunieate with my Assistant, Hr. W. E.
Meadowcroft before coming over, so that you will make sure
of seeing me .
Yours very truly.
Mr. George French, Publisher,
The Independent,
130 Fulton St . Hew York •
Bear Mr. French
I beg to acknowledge reoeipt o
your esteemed favor of the 30th ultimo , and also of a
copy of the "The Independent" of last week. i have
read the article you refer to, and also some others -
Modeoty forbids any comments
on my part concerning the result of the poll of your
readers. The only thing that troubles me is the *
(in which my wife shares) that if these things keep r.P
I may get a swelled head.
Yours very truly.
Bay 6th, 1913.
tr. 3. J?. ilo Willis,
bayview, Oregon-
)sar
i an in receipt of your favor of the 24th ultimo ,
ina hoG to say tnat 1 have not forgotten my promise that there should
do plenty of Clarionet muoic for the phonograph. we have been
overwhelmed with a lot of recording that was in arrears, hut we
are gradually getting along to the point where we shall he able to
take up the matter of Clarionet selections, and X trust it may not
be long before we shall he able to satisfy you in this direction.
X am very glad to have your criticisms in regard
to the plaster hacking on the reoords, and would say that plaster is
alright when the work is done right. Our trouble has been with
incompetent foremen by whose negligenoe we have suffered considerab¬
ly. no are getting ria of a lot of these men as fast as we
ean replace them with better workmen- «e will make good any
bad workmanship on this soore.
N
The Saal field Publishing Co.,
Akron, Ohio.
Replying to your request for a defini¬
tion of the word KinetophoSS allow me to submit the follocving:
KIHKTOPJiOHE, (from Gr. Kinetos. moving - Gr. phone .
sound.) An invention of Kdison, consisting of sjmohronin-
inf^app status combined with the pnonograpn and projecting
kinetosoope , so arranged and operated as to reproduce
simultaneously sound and motion previously recorded and p
graphed 8uchyreproductlon being popularly kno™ as a "tailing
In practice, a motion picture 01 a
shaker o® singer is made simultaneously with the taking of
SSSSs
^ coLcidcnt with the corresponding
o.-Mt-n'h This same coincidence of reproduction it*
t^e iriny motion and sound other than speaking or singing.
1 am afraid the above may be too
admit of a simple brief definition.
Your3 very truly.
661
Mr. Edison has asked me to write to you to
find if by any chance you can give ua any information about a
gentleman named F. H. Xosey, a musician and composer. *he last
we knew of him he lived at 345 West 6th St., Erie, Pa. For all
we know, that may still he his present address, hut Mr. Edison would
like to know whether such is the fact and also what heis doing.
Mr. Edison may want to enter into communication with him later, hut
first wants to obtain this preliminary information and has therefore
taken the liberty of writing to yon to see if you can throw any light
on the subject.
Will you kindly address your reply to me and
I will bring it to Kr. Edison's personal attention. Thanking you
in advance for any courtesy which you may extend, I remain
Yours very truly,
693
Your favor of the 7th instant to Kr.
Edison was received and brought to his attention. He ia
working from eighteen to twenty hours a day, and is no very
busy that he cannot make appointments , an all of hie tine is
occupied on very important problems upon which he is work¬
ing at the present tine.
He remarked that you are not the only
one that wished that they had never tried to make an Alkaline
'Storage Battery. He said that if he had known in the begin¬
ning the trouble and expense ho would ho more have taken hold
of it (the Alkaline storage Battery ) than he would of a
rattle-snake .
Yours very truly,
.. .
Assistant to V.r. Edison.
Kuy lath,
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Dear Mr. Monnot : -
X have received your favor of the Sn.i
the contents of v/hioh 1 have read with a great deal of intc-rec
am certainly glad to he posted as to the status of affairs wit
1 have lots of faith and patience, hut
ask you to hear in mind that I would always like to keep poste
from time to time. You know, of course, how your affairs ar
greasing all the tine, and you may he very well satisfied that
thing is working out alright, hut unless you 1st me hear from
from time to time, £ am in the dark. As to the matter of IT
Viotor Hero Id and his battery, I do not see very well how I ca:
vise you in the absence of material development. If any 0p<N
move is made on their part, please let me know at once.
General Letterbook Series
Letterbook, LB-094 (1913)
This letterbook covers the period May-August 1913. Most of the
correspondence is by Edison and William H. Meadowcroft. Included are
lettersPaddressed to longtime Edison associate Samuel Insull; Oskarvon
Miller of the Deutsche Museum; telegraph magnate and I music patron
Clarence H. Mackay; and public utility executive and statesmanGeorgeB.
Cortelvou Many of the letters relate to the commercial and technical
development of Edison’s alkaline storage battery and its use in railroad cars
and electric vehicles. One item concerns the end of ore concentration
experiments conducted by Edison on behalf of Henry B. Chfford, a mining
enaineer and promoter. There are also letters pertaining to Edison s
phonograph and motion picture businesses, the choice of suitable music and
singers for phonograph recordings, and the development of educational films.
Additional documents concern Edison’s opinions and prejudices, his
charitable contributions, and his reminiscences.
The front cover is marked "T. A. E. From May '13, 191 3 to Aug 6 1, 1 913.
The spine is marked with similar information, along with the number 33. The
book contains 704 numbered pages and an index. Approximately 10 percent
of the book has been selected.
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May 14th, 19155.
K. Moyer,
Department of History,
De Witt ulinton Hi eh school,
500 West 59th street,
Bew lorlt uity.
Dear sir:-
I am in receipt of your favor of the 10th
instant in regard to projecting motion pict\ires, so as to
secure a view of the same in three dimensions. In reply
let me say that we are interested in thi3 subject, hut are
very doubtful of stereoscopic devices,. as we receive sugges¬
tions for same at the rate of about ten per weeh, and none
of them have so far proved practicable.
Our Mr. Gall is an expert on this subject,
and if you can find time to come over I should be very glad
to have you tell him about the method you have in mind.
Without doubt , it would be a very great improvement if it were
possible to project motion pictures in three dimensions.
If you contemplate coming over to see Ur.
Gall, 1 would suggest that you communicate with my Assistant,
Mr. H. H. Meadoweroft at this address, and he will arrange for
Mr. Gall to be here when you come.
yours very truly.
May 15th, 1913.
The Phonograph Company,
889 30. Wabash Ave.,
Chicago, Illinois.
Gentlemen: -
I am in receipt, of your favor of the 13th
instant concerning the securing of talent in Europe for our
disc phonograph records.
In reply let me say that we have a Record¬
ing laboratory in Milan, Italy, the operatic oenter of the.
world, where we make regular and trial records.
We have here at Orange phonograph records
of about three thousand artists .which have been obtained in
all parts of Europe. These three thousand artists have been
selected from every Opera House, Conservatory and Musical
School of any note in all the Countries of Europe.
We have arranged to record songs of every
artist who haB a good voice, but we will not record Opera
Singers who have poor voices but who have a reputation based
on acting, personality and stage environment. My disc phono¬
graph is essentially a solo instrument, and the voice must be
intrinsically good to be recorded for reproduction therein,
henoe, we do not intend to record an artiBt on the mere fact
of a great newspaper reputation, - which may be legitimately
due to other things than a good voice.
I am quite aware that this course may lose
us the possible patronage of a number of people who through
indifference or lack of knowledge do not discriminate between
really good music and reputation, but fortunately there is a
vast number of those who appreciate and love fine music, and
it is to those I am catering. A patronage whose foundation
is the intrinsically beautiful is one whose superstructure
cannot fall.
\
Yours very truly,
........ ~ -
r~" ,
( 1
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Hr* Henry M. Island,
Cadillac Motor Car Company,
1543 Case Avenue,
Detroit, Michigan.
Referring to my letter of the lath insrt * ,
I teg to say that 1 have received a reply from the Cement
Plant and give you below an extract therefrom:
'Replying to your letter of May 12th, in regard
to babbitt metal, I would advise that our
babbitt metal has been furnished by Paul S.
P.eeves, of Philadelphia, who are large manu¬
facturers of bearing metals*
The analysis Of the metal is approximately as
follows:
89J6 Tin
3-5ji Copper
7f> Antimony"
Trusting that this information will be of
Yours very truly.
May 20th, 191 a.
invitation
19th, 1^13'
Clarence H • 1 «aoLa j, iCompany ,
Postal 253 Broadway , ^
Hew YorV. City-
Dear Mr. KacV.ay:- ^„n0rt,. ar» correct.
XX the newapapsr ^f>ur”
ltn „„ the People" movement.
you are interested in the P=- - * tl!at it niG*
It thereto re occurs to
, ^ ,.ov „,i «» ->«> »«*• rtt,‘ J'"'
he of interest .0 * - O-anre oh one pro
are associated to learn that I **. - ^ ^ w3JL a3
records of nearly every ^ ^ aKmt 2E00 in number-
those of many °thor sinC-r-. ^ ^ ^ ^ ha, over «
»- — • *■ - «“
for the pa=t -uo J . P . .,0ice trial
a«,l “■»“ «* '
friw «* «* «■“*» ** ***
If there is any information I oW
/n
Mr. w. H. Hiller,
79 Fifth k
Dear Hr. Hiller: -
Mr. Georges Vigneti, a Concert violinist.,
played here for Hr. Edison yesterday afternoon. 1 gave him
ft oard of introduction to yon. and he will call within a few
days.
Hr. Edison says to have him play Komenza
Andalusia. fcc. for Hr. Crohkhite and see what he thinks of it.
Mr. Edison says that vigneti seems to he a good player and He
hears no high harmonies as In Skolnik’a playing, but he says
that vigneti may not be loud enough. If yon think he is
OX. take a trial record with weak piano accompaniment.
iours very truly.
9l
May 20th, 19155.
Mrs. J. H. shew,
Belpre ,
Hash. Co., Ohio.
Dear Badam:-
referring to the trial Phonograph record
tfhioh you made at our Hecording Rooms some weeks ago, we beg
to say that it has been put through the factory process and
Hr. Kdison has heard it. He says that while it is commend-
able in some ways, it is not quite up to hiB requirements
for Phonograph work. At any rate, we are suffering from
a congestion of reoorded musio, which will take us many
months to dear up. and r-t until'.', that has been done, mr.
Edition is not prepared to make any engagements with addi¬
tional singers.
Yours very truly,
Kdi son Laboratory.
I am in receipt of your favor of the
19th instant, and in reply beg to say that I have consult¬
ed Kr. Edison in regard thereto and he states that he will
be glad to hear lire. Crossly' s voice if she will call here
some morning or afternoon of this week, except Friday or
Saturday- It would be well for you or her to telephone
me in advance of her coming, so that I can tell you whether
it will be convenient at the time that she desires to come.
Yours very truly.
May 26th, 1913.
Mr. Alfred fi. Pearsall,
£ New York Press Club,
21 Spruce Street,
New York City.
Dear Mr. Pearsall
Allow me to thank you for your Otrdiul invitation
to attend the Dinner of the Old Guard of the Hew Yoik PreBB Club on
the 3f?th instant, and to thank you for your courtesy In extending same.
It would give me rauoh pleasure if I were able to
send you an acceptance of the invitation, but the fact is, 1 have been
ao intensely busy for the last eight or ten months on some very im¬
portant problems which have engaged the whole of my tj.ae and attention
day and night. 1 am working from 18 to 20 hours a day, and it would
mean a serious detriment to my interests to allow anything to interrupt
me. Kenoe, I find it impossible for me to devote a single moment to
anything beBides the matters on whioh I am engaged.
As to sending you a message by the phonograph, let
me explain for your information that I am under agreement with my
Companies not to moke any record of my voice at this time for oertain
business reasons.
However, I wish you would express to the Old Guard
my best wishes for a good time and regret' that I am unable to be present
to participate and to meet my old time friends.
fours
very truly.
Key 26th, 1913-
Her To 3*.
““ “■ X - i» reoelp. - •* - 2101 1Mt-
1„ regard to poleerleed ll.e.ton. *>r egrioaltaral P«C— • «t
le 2 da repip *. - -U — *»— *" ^ ^
the Kill- By i*P*>ved P™oeBse8- we h°p9 t0 *** “ ^
t0B at the lt fiad it can be er.aad !.•= »o.
S2.00 per tea later oa. oad. II re tla
ln ear pre.eat exploitation of tbe «»■ "
e.plo, . nonber of eate.obllee for oar trarel.ro a.e .o ««*,-
— - - - - r;
-:=r— r. rr.rrr^ri
to the farmer
Yours very 1
May 29th , ',913
Mr.
Edward IT . Baird, President,
Century Opera Company,
Century Opera House,
Central Park, 7/e st ,
Mew York.
Dear Mr- Baird
X am in receipt of your favor of
the 23rd instant concerning the letter which I wrote to
Mr. Mackay in regard to records of singers taken Abroad.
Let me say in reply that all of these records are out
here at the Laboratory, where you can hear them at any
time -
If you should desire to come over
for that purpose, I would suggest that you communicate
with my Assistant, Mr. Meadouoroft, and he will arrange
a convenient time so that 1 can he here when you come.
Yours very truly,
Ilr. J. ?• Honnot,
31 Hue Baru,
Paris, France*
Bear Hr* Honnot:-
Referring again to your favor
enclosing a report on the four Walker trucks shipped to
Harrods Malted, London, I want to inform you that I
have put the matter up to Hr. Insull the head of the
Walker Company, who has replied to my letter stating that
he will look into the matter at once- He is certain to
make good for anything that his Company i3 responsible
for.
Yours very truly.
v^J?y^^3tanfo rd ,
rs Hotel Vanderbilt ,
/ H° 348 Park Avenue,
S J Hew *orV. City.
Friend Stanford:- ^ instant r»s
Your favor ox ^ne
, *ave 'been no very busy that
received in d« time, but ba
„ _ I.«r »«= t"h‘»4' “1 1 *
and see mo* . for yc
l find that it ia too la-e
"" se‘ *" x tui «.« it 1» t“ *•*- f°r 100
„„„ „* a=cortinE to y»«r ««"• ~ ™ ”
to come thia week. la any
w „ Toooao, »* .» *» prop--3'
Yours
May 26th, 1913.
E. B. Thomas, Ks<j., President,
lebigh Talley Railroad Company,
145 Liberty street,
new lorV. City.
My dear Hr- Thomas : -
Uhen I wrote to you a few 5 lya a;o
in regard to pulverized limestone for agricultural purposes
my atatenents were based upon iformation which I b-id receiv¬
ed some time ago- I sent your letter and the curhon
copy of my reply to Mr. V. S. Mallory, the Preside.- .t of
ny Portland Cement Company, ana I have just received from
him a letter, of which I send you a carton oopy for your
information.
It appears from this latter communi¬
cation that X m$de a mistake in figures when I wrote to
you a few days ago. However. Mr. Mallory's letter will
straighten this out and give you the present facts.
Yours
17 0
Bay 89th, 1913.
, F. D. underwood, President,
Srie Pail road Company,
Hudson Terminal Building,
60 Church street.
Dear Hr. Underwood: -
1 am in reoeipt of your esteem¬
ed favor of the 23rd instant in regard to the natter
of pulverized limestone for agricultural purposes,
and am glad to learn that you think ao well of the
general proposition.
I Bhall he delighted to have
you come over at any time and pay ne a visit. I
am here every day. and if you will kindly telephone
ay Assistant. Hr. Meadov/croft. when you er.peot to come
over, he will arrange that I shall he available.
fours very truly.
m
Osar Sirs. IlBen:
Allow me to acknowledge receipt of
the fine photograph of yourself, which has been handed to
me ^ Hr. oolheer, and to thank you for sending it to no.
I have been reading your reports fro®
day to day and am glad to learn of the success of our only
lady demonstrator. trip seems to have keen in a
nature of a triumphal tour.
fours
truly.
189
June 3rd, 1913.
As I understand that your Company in
Sk&THsH EHfrS HtOHiif
for vehicle traction in cities. 1 have acconpllsh-
ed thi" and as a result many thousand of trticks are equipped
uith mv’batteries; some having been in operation more vhan
four years. The cost is considerably greater t nan that
of the oia lead battery, hut in the end my batteries a i.
much cheaper*
The Pennsylvania P.nilroad Company,
after twenty years experience with lead batteries have
adopted mine as a standard after a practical te*t lasting
more than three and one half years*
Mr* John W* hieb,
Williams , of the Hew York Edison Company
. Arthur
^ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ f* you informa-
tion^as^to^the'reli'ability of my battery if yov care to null
them up on the phone.
I hope you can see your way clear to
specify these batteries in your new trucks. I can assure
you 1 will make good, and will gup.ratuoa -.nem to give .ull
rated capacity at the end of four yearn, which is three tc
four times the life of a lead battery- .
Yours very truly.
19.i
June End, 19X3.
120 West Adams Street ,
Chloago , Ill.
My dear Insull:-
I have read yours of the 27th ult.,and
em much obliged for your prompt attention.
I know, end all of our battery people
here know , that the Walker Company is very friendly anti a
very good customer, but Hutohison did not know about it.
I thought that you ought tc ?-e in¬
formed in regard to the status of the matter in question.
Before receiving yours of the 27th ult . I had written
Monnot that 1 would inform you of the condition of things
in this particular case, and told him I knew that you
would bee that the Walker people made good .
Yours very truly.
’ J«,hprorreacive national Committee .
5& Procres^ atreet Buildin{-,
Eew lorfc.
Tow f^or of the 26th ultimo
"egard to the Suhlio education ^vision of the
national nerwlo. has tee. recited-
While 1 am entirely in sympathy
Lti, the ohje.t 0! thi. « «”11 *' >1“!W
npc.slhl. for .. to undertake any active "<"* “
actio, therewith* 1 - *"»*» overwhelmed with the
,0* necessitated hy «y ..ItltndlnoM h.sl.ees affairs,
a» spend fron 18 to 20 hoars a day thereof. 1* Is
i Imply ... of the .ue.tl.n for .. « take 0. awythln*
sl„, „d therefore 1 want ash fow «
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nth, Isis
■fiiBo Marie Alt ,
448 Avon Avenue ,
ITawarh ,■ U • J *
Dear Madara: - *- «_ raison
It has been aucsested »o ^r
. alMV find jour voice suitable for moXinr
that he nicht poaaihlj fine- J for
PhonoGraph records. If 'J™ have an7 163 ^ °
tll! M„„.£,r.pu. BU~ - ** * ”to
over and let him hear your voice so tha. he ca.. . e
whether it hue the neoetraary qualities to mahe a t00t-
AB to the tine, Friday of this “oeV.
or any day ne*t vreeh, except Saturday. .ill W aEreeahle to
j^in. The hour may he either about n-O-cXoeh
aorninG or a-0-ol.o* in the afternoon. If ?ou trill hind,
ooamunicato „lth *e hy telephone or letter I shall he Cla<
to make an uppo intnent .
Tcuro very truly.
Asaiatant to Mr. Edison.*
June 11. 1013
HI as Belle Cave.
Madison, Virginia.
Dear Idles Cave:-
lirtclooad find check for 310*00 whicto
Hr. Edison directs we to send you for the work arsons
the mountain people of Virginia, as mentioned in your
letter just received. With heat regards to your
■brother, I am,
Yours very truly,
fllk
Secretary. '
June 11th, 1913 ,
■Jr, Edison thinks it would he Setter
fce the train and come on and attend
your9elf.
Yours very truly.
Secretary.
289
Hu no 13th, 1913*
Mr. huigi iioman?.
Station A, Box S3,
139 Blesoker »treet, new to rfc. .
Dear »ir:-
I received your favor of the Bfitis c t f’ay ,
an;1, also tho manuscript of Edison March, which you cent at : he
Zet oe say in reply that Ttr. Sdiuon ha:; a
vast aiiio unt of male on hand to he recorded, more than v;e ean
use in tho next twelve months , and 1. would suggest the refer:- that
it ic useless for you to send him other selections, u& there
would he no possibility of inuking records of them for a ioiig
time to come, even if they were suitable .
let me soy for yci;r .2 n?;< zftA&i ou that Mr. “iiooj
has xl v.uya declined to assist in the pnVli.v..' ior * .any
whatever. he has had a great many people **-ply h_-.--
, * ..t h: "111 never consent , as all hi *» o-syit»«l is ’he.’.
299
let me say V' way of explanation that :ny
Ccmpen’' the "dieon Portland Cement Company, has put tut .c
special * salesmen in the flsU, especially to sell
limestone. T!ach salesman is provided with o «or.i aii.oi.-.'.
r:o that they can get around ^uioVly among the farmers and •:
a great deal of territory.
The various agricultural stations reeum.
round limestone in preference to burned and urigroitnd --me
grind our limestone as fine. as flour, to permit of ever,
cation ir. the soil. re have reduced the p -ice down to a
vliere if v/e go any lower, we cannot male a profit. :
reduee the cost, we can sell hut a limited amount .
If the railroad companies could ■
way clear to lower the freight charges on pulverised -•>£-•••
the whole of this saving would he used hy us to reduce tne
This in turn would reduoe our selling expenses by reason o
increased demand, and thus allow us to put the price at a
lower point. If the railroad, companies cannot see their
clear ‘to make ouch a reduction, for* the reason it would es
Geo. F. Randolph, Es^.,
First Vice President,
Baltimore f. Ohio Railroad Co . ,
Baltimore, Kd.
Bear Hr . Randolph : -
T received your esteemed favor of
the 31st ultimo on the subject of ground limestone, and found
it very interesting.
I thinh. you are ^uite right as to -lie
attitude that the Railroad Companies should take in regard .
to philanthropy. They should do everything they possibly
can, however, to help aut in this limestone proposition.
1’y Cement Forks has nut four- sales¬
men in the field on this special business, and v;e have
furnished each one of them with a Ford automobile so that
they can cover a great deal of territory and visit the farmers.
It is surprising how much the farmers are getting interested
in limestone, and vre find that our salesmen have stirred them
up and put new life into them.
ho much for limestone , and no v; I
want to call your attention to another natter that I think is
of some importance to you. It occurred to me that the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad must have a number of short lines
that are a burden to the main line and do not pay. Have you
ever investigated the Beach Storage Battery Car with my new
/ilkalino Storage Battery? If not, I think it will pay you
to investigate it- Hr. 3each is getting great results, and
in my opinion it nolve3tho financial problem of these small
branch lines, and will turn thorn into paying propositions .
Yours very truly.
J
321
and also of a copy of your
;ton," which you have “been Vi
m> aRa 1 Pound it very interesting indeed.
ae to offer you my felicitations upon the under lying idea ex
hock, as well as upon the very beautiful language in which y<
,,iv;.r. oppression to your thoughts.
There is no doubt that the knglo -Saxon min
brutally practical and that it has very little of the artist
temperament which is so conspicuous in the Italian. * ™
■balanced hlend of the two ought to make the superman-
with thanks to you for your wsitt-fceajr in c<
menting me with a copy of your hook, i remain
Xours very truly.
V
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, . ttr. F.diaon B* a
„ , 3W*»*. =“ 014 1'1'"' '««i*»sW
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°-'-ice °' v0n viill oeo ir0,n . Kr.
^ .o - ** rrrui - ^
;:r^ - - - r n— *° ^ effoot
E I have written to U £or any in-
Uterat-ure. Erectly ^th .
, aim to commnnioate natter-
and aokefl. iVeA your readin.
PH< '
President ,
Into mat:
telephone mesaas?
jnpitol to put up
intha tine
June 20th, 1913.
T. E. Clarke, Esq. ,
Aaaistant to President,
fl. U. & W. E. R.,
Soranton, Pa.
Friend Clarke : -
I enoloae a note from our Mr. Thompson to our
Mr. Bee in regard to atorage batteriea on railroad oara, about
which you and I have had a little correapondenoe . Thia is one
of our inaide memoranda, but I thought 1 would send it to you
just aa it ia for your information.
We know we are right on thia proposition, so
with your permission we are going to worry the boys some on thiB
subject.
Referring to the last two sentences of Mr.
Thompoon*a memorandum, I don't know whether there is anything in
it, but if there ia why should we not be considered also. My
Cement Plant alone gave the h. T». & W. R. R. Co., tv/enty three
thousand cdrs in the last twelve months, to say nothing of the
shipments made by the Phonograph Works and the Storage Battery Co.
However, this is a side issue from the real merij
Yours very'-fruly,
421
'Hr^rfTred Vf. -Doerx,
8 Marlborough Hill,
dYealistone ,
Kiddle sex, ’England.
I am in receipt of your oateemed favor
of the 6th inotant and would say that personally X am in
entire sympathy with you on the question of musical
selections, hut the trouble is we have to cater to the
public Generally. A Good part of the public demand
the trash which you mention, and we are compelled to
furnish it if we desire to sell our machines.
let me say, however, that we will soon
have lots of music of the olass that is enjoyed by real
lovers of music, and then they will have a chance to
seloot all they want of this kind.
Shanking you for your kind interest, 1
Yours very truly.
Me, a M
year Madam: -
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 24th instant asking for the use of my name
as a member of your Advisory Board. In reply let me say
that I must be excused for respectfully declining thi3
lonor, as I do not wish to become identified v/ith any
.lovements of a public nature. , ' ~
Yours very^truly.
/jL
o
i a Cdv.
July 3, 191:
Hi. Albert Quesnel,
216 W. 99th 3t . ,
Hew York City.
Lear Mr. Quesnel:
I ara in receipt of your favor of the 2nd
inat. and in reply beg to say that we had your sample
record over here for a few days and then sent it over to
our Recording Booms in Hew York. Mr. Miller has it, and
I have no doubt that he will let you hear it at any time
that i3 convenient to you.
Personally, I enjoyed this record very
much, and shall await with interest to see if we have some
further ones.
With kindest regards and all good wishes,
1 remain
Yours truly.
Li. Van rioatr nr.b company,
£v Park PI.
Hew iork v.ity.
Gentlemen:
Replying to your i'avor of the Puth ult.
in xr. garb to the publication of nerichte aer neutscheu
Uheniiechen ueaellochai’t, 1 beg to aqjr that you n«^ hold
up the balance of thi» oruer until further notice.
a very truly.
iouri
Mr. Geo. B. Cortf 3 you. Pres.
Conrrolioateo Una Co.,
4 Irving PI*
Hew Yotk City.
Lear Mr. Cortclyou:
I enclose a letter from the
S„1,3 Lenartramt aaoreasefl to me. showing that we rro
>cS'.,p«"»r,r,»Uy >•.»*«««-;
other.
t
Yours very truly.
July 9, 1913.
Ur. Gobi no Viacarro,
f30i Curtis Bldg. i
813 Walnut St.,
Kansas City, Uo.
Dear Blr:
’ om in reoelPt of your fBVor of the End
on^Omd.ll.rl.^.*. g„ J0U qaoto prfc. per P»»M
In ton loto.
V/e have never
If agreeable, you oan send me
experiment with.
had any of the whiter wex.
a four pound sample to
Yours very truly,
Sh saas."uX / ^
““ 3“! w »« •* •w’s.?- gy, £ss.
h*®1 ^oSoopondenoe has been photograph
and my corxost tov3 not ha^n *rlginai
Ihs reason t » ra no\v is ^a a copy ds
&ss§ &&&&****
photo greS™ / aatnrdoy .
Dear Madam:
Your name ha3 130011 givon to ua os g harpist,
and v/o writo to make an Inquiry oa to whether you have
aftornoons at your own disposal, and, if so, whether you
would consider a proposition to cone over here one, tv/o
or throo afternoons in the woo'k to play for Mr. Edison.
Ho could not make any certain proposition oa to a aofinito
number of aftomoons at the present time, hut probably could
later on. She hours would ho from 1 to 5 in the afternoon.
If this would he agreoable to you, will you kindly let me
know what amount of compensation you would desire por
afternoon?
We would furnish all the nasje. The other
players hesido yourself would he a violiniBt and flautist.
The latter artiste has not yet boon engaged, hut we already
have a violinist. If you know of a flautist residing
somewhere in this vicinity, who roads music quickly, we
should he glad to know the nano and address.
lot me odd for your information that the play¬
ing that you would do here would not necessarily he for
recording, hut would simply he to make Hr. Edison acquainted
with certain selections, in order that he could pass upon them
for the Phonograph. You will soo therefore, thot oenctcnt > •
perfection wouia not ho expoctod. 1 assume of course that
you road muBic readily.
Awaiting the favor of your reply, I remain.
Yours vory truly.
Assistant to Mr. Edison.
514
liarquis Cuaani Confaloniero,
#1400 llevf Hnapoh Ire Ave. , U. «•»
Washington , D. C.
1 om inaa-btod to you for your courtaouB
f»„r oopp .1 » treatise ty pour W.
OelMccM-Onoott. »J ME J0« MU oitond TO thanks to
M. for Mo tint of n» in fomarilng til. fork.
Just not. important business •»•!« n.ooo.it.t. up norkinE
from eighteen to tu.ntj lonr. ,■!», hut »* I »“ E“* th“
„„ i hope to into th. H»«m» °* *>«“« °”r th*
Allow roe to assure you of my appreciation of
the UdU feeling, to which you give expression in your
Hours sincorplyi^^
ri/Cu—-
July 11, 13,
July 14th, 1913
Kiss Irma '.'eibert ,
101 Newark Avenue,
Bloomfield , I! . J.
Bear Kisa Beibert:-
1 bey to acknowledge receipt o*
your favor of the 11th instant and thank you for your
very prompt reply ?/e ^all probably ask you to com.
over before lonGt as soon as other arrange nts have
been made. I am now writine Bitaon and Company to
make enquiries about rentinG a harp.
1 thank you for giving me the
if the f l\it i at.
X shall cc
538
lir. j. Korgenstern,
Director, Opera Chorus ClaBB,
Metropolitan Opera House,
Broadway and 39th Street ,
E ew 'Sort City.
D"r Slr“ Mr. ». M. **!»!*. •* «- “• “**“ *
«... ... — »• “ ““
tti.p « hav. »* ■» »».»«*». >»«• 1 '
U *" f “
if it is agreeable to you to ao so*
visit at your convenience , it it Bb
r- X oan « ^ •— * — - *• **
«■ ~ — — — *“
iv ’ith w *; *„
M.adowcroft , i» -«»• *>” -1- *° "
being here to see you.
Tours very truly ,
546
ur. k. t.
July 17th, 1913
LldorpAstoria Hotel,
I fev; York City.
The experiments on the concentration
•for* vour account during
ox very poor ores finished and all expenses
the pest two year-, are For a large
connected therewith ha 4®e 8 where the principal
majority of vexy low S1^}-® „ this process will
value gets in the very fine ^“^^VeWnary ex-
S SpftS kolli.r "i« th'
The process is certainly extremely
simple • ^0^Bi.nveBti0S4Bt5k«”ut0ih^enron
the Voces!, and r!b!llioSVe' nines . 1
process among .-he 1°" C „ small royalty per ton worked.
•Sitsururs ». ** «-
mill built and operated- _ — " ~7
Yours very-tnlly.
July 18th,
J. Commerforc
29 Heat 39th
new York Clt;
I received your favor of the 16th instant £
le pamphlet issued hy Ur. Hllibridge. So far as I know. yo
isn misinformed about contemplated changes in our adv&it^s^E
iwever , I brought the whole matter to Hr. "di son's personal
id he asked me to tell you that we already have two adverts
aoh of which has his regular staff of assistants- He also
my that at present i
s doing very littl
r orders for goods
V/e occasionally have some special adver
done- outside , and there might possibly be an opportunity for
Lilli bridge at some future time. Of course, it is super
assure you that if any important changes take place I will >
T.illibridge in mind.
With kind regards, I remain
568
►,*r» «• worrilow,
'"• The Electrician,
V-*5 nalinbury court,
yisct otreet, nondon, k- C-
X have been greatly interested in readinB your
v-.nd favor of the 4th instant and also the article in"*he
n-t^cian" in regard to the long distance run of a storage
battery vehicle. Allow me to extend my thanks to you for
vour letter and also for these articles, which 1 shall retain
;tt my file as a memento of the first long distance run in xurope
of an -i-otric vehicle equipped with my storage battery.
hot me say that I have been much impressed
th the optomistic views that you express. The present in
actions point to a real awakening in Europe of interest in
th- possibilities of a good storage battery. The use o
battery in this Country is *** extensive and increasing every
day* _ _ ‘
Yours verj^truly ,
C7>L/{ Lol^crii -
581
Mr. J. E. Bradford,
Third & Main Streets
Ripley, Ohio.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your favor of the
10th instant, the contents of which have keen carefully noted.
Let me say in reply that if there wa3 any lack
of synchronism in the sound and motion of the talking pictures
tnat you saw, it was entirely the operator's fault. We know this
for a certainly, as all our arrangements of the apparatus provide
for an absolutely perfect synchronism^ has keen proven every day
for a year or more in our own place and ky experience in hundreds
of theatres in the United States. We find by experience that ac-
oasionally there is a lack of harmony by reason- of the carelessness
of the operator, but it has nothing to do with the perfection of
the mechanism.
If you have any improvement to offer at any time,
we would suggest that you first obtain a patent for it and then we
should be willing to consider it, but we do not care to consider
unpatented inventions.
Yours truly.
July "1st , 1913.
Dr. Oaoar Von Miller.
Deutohes Museum,
Hufnummer 3984,
Munohen, Germany.
My dear Doctor: -
Your eateemed favor of the 30th ultimo haB been
received, and I feel that apologieB are due to you and your associates
for what seema to have been o delay on my part. Let me cay. how¬
ever, for your information that since we had the pleasure of a visit
from you I have been working from 18 to 20 hours a day completing
the manufacturing technique of the Disc Phonograph record which you
heard when you were here- «iis work, together with such atten¬
tion as was imperatively needed for my large business interests, have
engrossed the whole of my time and attention and nave left me no time
to do anything else. Accordingly my mail has suffered a great deal
of neglect, with other things. I have taken no vacation at all for
nearly two years.
However I would say for your encouragement that I
am drawing near to the end of this important work which 1 have had on
hand. After that I shall probably take a little vacation, and as
soon as possible afterward will try to redeem the promisejhafc I made
to you.
. Yours jr$x>y truly,
595
mi
July 22nd, 1913 •
«j . Thomaa Wardell,
Bradley Building.
171 Central Street.
X, owe 11 , Mass.
DeaT Sir‘" Your favor of the ITth instant was received.
. mo as franV.ly as yon did.
“4 1 “ ^ " ’ « * - - >« " a
— -r*trr:r:—
“ir » *— *« « - *-
»» test oontinooualy „ „„e M .tot all
tatse ”°*= j" ^ „d aoU taels
of the machines will P 7
" — rr:ir^r*.— -
. „ Anti rely new departure in talking
straments the .etas! toto*~.»ito el • »*”
,«altes, to* qnfiatltles t. flat .to tefeets
Jst.se toWrt- «• “»• “S
Yoursv^ry^^Xy ,
Smith Piano Company,
10 Hast Main Street,
Marshalltown, J.owa«
July 24th, 1913.
I am in receipt of your favor of the 21st instant,
ani thank you for writing so frankly about the trouble that you are
experiencing at the present time. T.et me assure you that I cpiite
appreciate the difficulties under which you are laboring, but you
will soon have relief. .
Our Disc record is an entirely new departure, and
as such has retired entirely new machinery, apparatus and methods.
Everybc Sy disappointed us in supplying the necessary machinery, and
we have had a' whole lot of technical troubleein starting the manu-
f act ure of the Disc record in quantities. It is exceedingly
liff-jolt tc make, but now we are rapidly getting in shape and have
,c f’o.ihle our capacity in the past ten days. I expect
aijiu further increase our capacity about six times
, . .... -hirty days and then records will be very plentiful.
r . ,.0!l cv,,%t to be receiving a few new ones, which I
, _ fell owe! by a much larger and a regular supply
Mr. E. B* Hess,
«5 The Hoyal Typewriter company,
?.o yal Typewriter Building,
364 Broadway, Eew York.
1 beg to acknowledge receipt of your
favor of the 24th instant and in reply would say that
some time ago we built an electric motorcycle using my
storage battery. It was built merely for experiment,
but the result wan such that I am inclined to thank that
manufacturers will shortly build them for sale.
In regard to my new cisc Phonograph, I
would nay that it is now on sale and many of the dealers
already have them in stock .
Yours ve r y^tfuly ,
July 29th, 1913.
Mr. Bo we rm an,
% Messrs. Post & PlagG,
Kinney Building,
Hewark, H. J.
.In accordance with my promise, I send you the
following information:
She Edison Phonograph Works.
Manufacturers Phonographs T, , n ,
Automatic Hand numbering Maonines for Banks, etc.,
Dictating Machines,
(Machines'3 used in theatres for producing motion pictures)
Kinetophones, (apparatus for producing talking motion
pictures)
Rectifiers,
House lighting Controllers, , „
Small Motors and miaoellaneoua jobbing work for alli-d
Companie a .
The drop in profits for year ending Peb. 2fl, 1912
as compared with previous year is accounted for by change in
product of phonographs -to meet a public demandj^r_ajifia^type •
Yours verv^truly.
counted for by change in
668
In reply let me say for your Information that
Hr. Konnot is an independent agent who, for the past three years,
has heen trying to work up a trade in our storage battery in
England and on the Continent. Ur. Edition keeps a stock of
batteries in London and Paris (about 550,000.00 worth) from
which Konnot draws in furthering his preliminary pioneering
work, and for which he pays, except in cases where demonstrations
are made. In the latter case Ur. .Edison generally helps him
out by loading the batteries for short periods of time.
Mr. Edison has no understanding with Hr. Konnot
other than this, that if he would work up a trade Mr. Edison
would not sell to others, providing Konnot used diligence and
continuous efforts and was successful. Mr. Edison knew that
the preliminary introduction would be a matter of some time and
a very difficult proposition.
Hr. Konnot is not a man of capital and must
associate himself with a reliable party to obtain it. Ur.
Edison has confidence in the man. He is a good engineer and
understands the battery business pretty thorpughly. Should
he bring to Mr. Edison a group of reliable, non-speoulative
firms, whoae intentions are purely the actual commercial in¬
troduction of electric vehicles and tram cars, and not for
speculation, such parties being satisfactory to Mr. Edison,
he will enter into contract relations for a certain period of
time for supplying the battery under proper conditions and
restrictions •
I trust this information will he satisfactory
for your purpose . I return Mr. Brake's letter herewith.
With kind regards, I remain
lours very truly.
r scare! to the at ate
oeived youra of 1
rushed atone Company.
h°'“ ^ “M” ““
a„,ri. «cl- “ tM MU0 ”'”1“ T“*
«. «»*&»*«* *• »• f" ’’“7ld
„tl «;1»C ““ <»«“.»«« 1 f'>“1
mnv. the power as cheaply as i can h«y it.
r and tell them what 1 have do
T/ith hind regards , I
August 4tli, 1913.
ht Bernhard C# Hesse, i^ecreuary.
International Congress of Applied Chemistry,
25 Broad Street,
Hew York City-
Kr. Durand has handed to me your favor of th<
30th ultimo, tocethor with the complete set of the Report of
international Congress of Applied Chemistry. The receipt
these volumes has afforded me great pleasure, and will >e a
most welcome addition to my library. I llav
up to my house, and anticipate much enjoyment in reading them
from end to end.
I desire to express to the Officers an
tive Committee of this Congress my thanks and appreciat
the courtesy thus extended to me. ^
August 4th , 1915,
T. Cemraerford Martin, Bn^.,
Twi'nbroofc Farm,
?. 0. Ringville, Mans,
hear Mr. Martin
I am this morning in receipt of your favor
of yesterday in regard to o\ir friend itr. ilonnot, and just
want to state for your information that we have received
a cable from him thio morning stating that he has already
organised a company and leaves England on the 9th inst.,
for America. This cable is the first information that
he had succeeded in organising his company, so I an los¬
ing no time in notifying you in viev; of our recent
correspondence .
fours very truly,
68$
Kr* K. »• Hioe,
5& 'l’he General Kleotrio Oo • .
Hudson Terminal Bldg. ,
30 church street, Haw *ork.
Hy dear Mr. F.ioe:
Your favor of the lot instant is at hand, in
«pl, let n. »M that 1 appreciate j«ar eminences to accept
„y ,TOeotl.» in reference to pnp».nt on contract ,24374. and
on other contract. non pieced or nhlch he pieced nlth
you during the heleno. of thle peer for electrical ...ulp.ent
of our new building .
As to the slight modification that you men¬
tion, I am willing to go you one hotter and mahe the interest
n. Mjhere is no reason why 1 should ash you to accommodate
me and lose money at the same time-
I am glad to note that you have taVen steps to
push forward our 60 Kfl motor-generator set and trust it will
oome along promptly and in good time for our needs.
i suppose you are a busy man these days, but
please do not forget that not only does the latch striae hang out,
tat l shall always be glad to see you if “ °
run over.
lours yrtif truly,
\waCA Sw
August 4th, 1913.
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